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Relatives of Alan Kurdi arrive in VancouverGEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH THE CANADIAN PRESS

Amid bear hugs, smiles and tears, the family of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach earlier this year repeated one message when they landed at the Vancouver airport on Monday: thank you.

Mohammed Kurdi, his wife and their five children arrived in Canada as refugees, sponsored by his sister, Tima Kurdi, who has become an international spokeswoman for people fleeing the war-torn nation.

“Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada!” the family chanted in English after being greeted by about two dozen family, friends and supporters.

Speaking through his sister, who translated from Arabic, Mohammed Kurdi also thanked Canadians and the government.

“I’m happy! Very happy!” he said in English to a crowd of reporters.

His 14-year-old son Shergo clutched a stuffed dog and a paper Canadian flag as he said through his aunt that he was looking forward to going back to school and starting a new life.

Tima Kurdi wiped away tears as she greeted her relatives at the airport’s arrival gates.

The reunion comes at the end of a difficult year for the family.

Tima and Mohammed’s three-year-old nephew, Alan Kurdi, drowned along with his five-year-old brother and their moth-er while crossing the waters between Turkey and Greece in September.

A photo of the boy’s body face

down in the surf sparked inter-national sorrow and momentum to help Syrian refugees.

Alan’s father, Abdullah Kurdi, decided to attempt the treach-erous trip after his brother Mohammed’s original refugee application was rejected by the Canadian government because it did not have the necessary documentation.

An official with Citizenship and Immigration Canada invit-ed Tima Kurdi to re-apply for Mohammed and his family in mid-October, as the government was no longer asking for diffi-cult-to-obtain United Nations documents.

Mohammed Kurdi has been in Germany since leaving his family in Turkey seven months ago to find work. He had not

met his five-month-old son, Sherwan, who was born in July, but the family reunited in Frankfurt before flying to Canada.

“It was a feeling he cannot express. It was really emotional,” Tima Kurdi said, translating for her brother as he spoke of holding the little boy for the first time.

Among the supporters at the airport was Fin Donnelly, MP for Port Moody-Coquitlam, who Tima Kurdi turned to for help in March, desperate to help her family get to Canada.

Seeing Mohammed Kurdi and his family finally walk on Canadian soil is “bittersweet,” Donnelly said, explaining that he had been working with Tima Kurdi to submit applications for

both of her brothers’ families.“It’s always unfortunate that

it takes tragedy to mobilize the global community, but certainly in this case, that’s what hap-pened,” he said.

“But we have Mohammed and his family here today. It’s a very celebratory day for Canada and for Tima and her family.”

The Kurdis are among 25,000 Syrian refugees the Canadian government has pledged to wel-come by the end of February.

Immigration Minister John McCallum said last week the government will likely not meet its target of having 10,000 of them on Canadian soil by Jan. 1.

The federal website that updates progress listed 2,413 refugees as having arrived in Canada by Dec. 26.

Tima Kurdi, left, embraces her brother Mohammad Kurdi and his five-month-old son Sherwan Kurdi at

Vancouver International Airport on Monday. Tima Kurdi’s other brother Abdullah, whose young sons and

wife died when their boat capsized, abandoned his attempt to emigrate. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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Shoppers out in force looking for sweet Boxing Day dealsSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

With Christmas over and done, shoppers ventured into stores and malls on Boxing Day in an annual rite of passage: beating the rest of the crowd and scoring sweet deals on merchandise.

Boxing Day passed Saturday, but the oft-dubbed ‘Boxing Week’ is still in full swing. But while signs advertising ‘blowout’ deals are everywhere, retailers and shoppers offer mixed experiences of the shopping event, which has origins dating back to the 1830s.

For Cheryl Baudin, the trek out to Woodgrove Centre Monday was worth it.

“Actually, I think it’s been pretty good,” she said, adding that service and the sales have been decent.

Baudin said that shoppers and retailers alike have benefited from the traditional Boxing Day sales

being spread out over several days, rather than the one day after Christmas. The extended time allows stores more opportunity to reach shoppers, and is less daunting to people looking for last-minute deals, she said.

“I think a lot of people would avoid the stores if it was just one day,” said Baudin.

Ane-Marie Bennett and her hus-band Tom also ventured out into the malls Monday to run errands, but confess to being “shopped out” after Christmas.

“We’re not really Boxing Day people, I don’t like all the crowds,”she said, adding they prefer to instead support local mer-chants in the downtown.

Elsie Prill, 93, ventures out to the mall regularly but says she does not bother with Boxing Day.

“I have everything we want, don’t I,” she said.

Either way, data suggests Boxing Day remains the biggest shopping day for Canadians.

Alice Berube, a kiosk manager at Woodgrove, said her business benefits from the busy crowds, although she said large electronic and clothing stores tend to be the main beneficiaries of the Boxing Day frenzy.

One manager at a Nanaimo-based electronics store, who declined to give his name, said “The volume (of customers) definitely did increase and the traffic was very high” on Boxing Day.

He said there was still a steady stream of shoppers as of Monday, “but it’s slowing down a little” as people ease back into the regular work week.

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The holidays, when not packed with visitors and shopping, is supposed to be a time of fun and relaxation.

In the off-chance that you have time to pick up a book, we decided

to ask local literary experts, retailers and advo-cates to list off their top holiday reading for the

season. The results are a mix of funny, said, nostalgic and new.

We decided to ask local literary experts what their favourite holiday season books are and why. Here are the responses.

“We all have our favour-ite Christmas books and when I checked with staff the really traditional ones came up such as The Night Before Christmas, Vinyl Café’s Dave Cooks the

Turkey, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and A Christmas Carol which of course are all precious and have stood the test of time,” said Michele Hillier, executive director of Literacy Central Vancouver Island.

Hillier also said staff also recommended Gift of the Magi, One Frosty Christmas, by Parks-ville author Laura Hesse and Silent Night: The Story of the World War 1 Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub. “(This) always tugs at my heart strings as it is a testament of peace and humanity amidst a time of horror and violence, and a reminder to all of us why we celebrate this holiday, and the importance of peace and goodwill.”

We turned to an academic source as well.“If you ever wondered how the worst kids

ever might celebrate Christmas, Barbara Rob-inson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a must-read,” said Daniel Burgoyne, chairman of Vancouver Island’s English department. “And while one can never go wrong with A Christmas Carol at this time of year, if it’s real-

ly the ghosts that intrigue you, take a look at David Mitchell’s latest, Slade House. The more adventurous at heart might like The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (yes, it’s a thriller) or a murder mystery series such as Arnaldur Indridason’s Reykjavik series (Jar City is the first).

Burgoyne also suggested award-winning liter-ary fare like Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries, Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time-Being, or All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr.

“If you wish you were travelling, Michael

Booth offers an escape to Scandinavia in The Almost Nearly Perfect People,” said Burgoyne. “Or, if you really want to get away, slip into the three-volume alternate universe of 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.

“For those who want to stay at home, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel has a local connection with an island here in B.C. And, finally, consider picking up Lawrence Hill’s The Illegal.”

Erin Krock has worked at Chapters and its parent company Indigo for the past decade and said she loves to delve into holiday reading.

“The favourite I go to is not one that would be considered a traditional Christmas novel, nor one that inspires thoughts of seasonal cheer The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen,” she said.

“It’s an unusual Christmas story, but still cap-tures the not so talked about essence of it - that good or bad, we must face the truths of the last

year. That we are forced to reflect on the per-son we are and what we’ve done (if anything) to move forward and grow. The Corrections always made me feel that, regardless of what I did or didn’t achieve, I’m none the worse than the hapless (and mostly unsympathetic) char-acters in Jonathan Franzen’s story.”

Justin Unrau, a public services librarian at Vancouver Island Regional Library, offers another unconventional choice.

“My favourite holiday novel isn’t quite about Christmas, but about Hogswatch,” he said.

“The book is called Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. It’s set in Discworld, which is a fan-tasy world with gods and magic but so many incompetent bureaucracies it’s almost realer than real. The Hogfather is the Discworld ana-logue to Santa Claus, but in this story some-thing has happened to him so Death has to takeover his Hogswatch Eve duties (while Death’s granddaughter Susan solves the mystery).

“What I love about this book is not only the jokes about the Grim Reaper trying to be jolly and cute, but the whole idea that believing in the Hogfather, or Santa Claus, or any other fiction, is one of the most important things people can do. It’s a book about high idealism along with assassins and flying pigs.”

Sometimes, a favourite book comes down to a childhood memory.

“When my children were small my mother gave us a picture book version of Truman Capote’s story A Christmas Memory,” said Frieda Douglas, owner of Salamander Books in Ladysmith. “It is his memory of a childhood tradition that he and his aunt shared. I love the story.”

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Mechanical woes force cancellation of sailingsSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

A mechanical problem on a BC Ferries vessel led to a slew of cancelled sailings between the Nanaimo Duke Point ter-minal and Tsawwassen on Monday.

Six sailings were cancelled on the Duke to Tsawwassen routes following a busy weekend of holiday sailings.

Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Mar-shall said repairs were underway to fix the seal on one of the propellers of the Queen of Alberni, which was servicing the Duke Point run.

The Queen of New Westminster was brought in to service the run for an 8:15 p.m. sailing to Tsawwassen and a 10:45 p.m. sailing to Nanaimo.

The traffic from the cancelled sailings appeared to spill over onto the Depar-ture Bay to Horseshoe Bay route, which had two car waits just before 2 p.m. Monday. Earlier sailings were also sold out, including the 12:50 p.m. sailing.

Ferry travel was also busy elsewhere on the Vancouver side of the route, where a two-sailing wait was also in effect.

There was also a two-sailing going both directions on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay run, BC Ferries’ third major

route. Marshall said Monday it was too soon to say if traffic on the Departure Bay terminal would be affected today or the rest of the week by mechanical problems on the Duke Point route.

She said divers were making repairs to the Queen of Alberni’s propeller in the Tsawwassen terminal and that repairs were expected to be complete by Tuesday.

“Obviously, we’ve got heavy traffic today,” she said.

Since Boxing Day fell on a weekend this year, many travellers were still returning home Monday. But Marshall said the busiest day of the holidays fell on Sunday.

The increased traffic was expected and the ferry corporation has added approximately 150 sailings over the sea-son to accommodate demand.

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Dry summer sees annual bird count numbers come up shortROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

The extraordinarily dry summer on Vancouver Island may be a con-tributing factor to the low number of finches counted in the mid-Is-land region on Sunday.

Rhys Harrison, a spokesman for the annual Christmas bird count that was held on Dec. 28, said there were fewer house and purple finches counted in the area this year compared to 2014. He said the lower numbers may be due to the drought, which impacted the food and other aspects of their lives, and the dry conditions may have adverse effects on many other spe-cies as well. But Harrison said the

final analysis won’t be determined until all the data from this year’s bird count are tabulated within the next few weeks.

“We counted about 20,000 birds, representing about 108 species, this year,” he said. “The numbers this year are quite a bit lower from 2014, but that has more to do with the weather than the actual num-ber of birds. The weather was bad on Sunday with a rough ocean, so we weren’t able to do a count from the water where most of the birds are usually spotted.”

Harrison said the high number of volunteers this year, approximately 120, beat the record for participa-tion in the region.

The 116th annual bird count, put on by The National Audubon Soci-ety and Bird Studies Canada, has been a yearly tradition in Nanaimo for close to 50 years.

Volunteers cover every corner of the city, parts of Gabriola Island and the Mudge Islands, as well as Cedar and other areas immediately south of Nanaimo for birds to count. Those involved can spend anywhere from an hour to a full day on the count and can either do so at their own residence feeder or on a field team.

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Church aims to sponsor Syrian refugee familyCANDACE WU PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

Parksville’s Church of Ascension is trying to raise $40,000 to sponsor a refugee family from Syria or Iraq.

Father Karam Alraban said parish members have “generously” donated $13,900. The money will help cover the costs of daily life for the refugee family, including clothing, food and rent for one year in Parksville.

Alraban said the process is expected to take about six months.

He said the Catholic church, which has an 800-family membership, has warmly embraced the idea of sponsoring a refugee family.

For Alraban, the project hits close to home.

“I am an example of being a refugee,” he said.

Alraban was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and ordained as a priest in 2011 in the Syriac Catholic Rite. He was targeted in Iraq and fled to Canada in 2014. He received convention refugee status in Canada and was incarnated into the dio-cese of Victoria.

He said he “understands” what it’s like to not be able to pray in your church and to be treated like a fourth class cit-izen in society.

“There is a long-standing history of the persecution of Christians in the Middle East,” he said. “They are facing violence and the are victims . . . There is no country in the Middle East that will accept them.”

Alraban called this “a grand opportun-

ity” to make a difference in the lives of people with no prospects and little hope.

He has formed an eight-member ref-uge sponsorship committee.

“Together the members of the com-mittee have extensive and related experience in the areas of law, govern-ment relations, finance, office proced-ures, teaching, medicine, and public relations,” he said.

“Our committee cannot achieve suc-cess without the participation of the entire parish... This mission will include everyone in Ascension parish, and I havebeen assured that the committee will turn to the members and groups of the parish for help in related activities when the need arises.”

The Church of Ascension will oper-ate as a constituent group under the umbrella of the ‘sponsorship agreement holder’ relationship the Anglican dio-cese has with the federal government. Committee members attended a train-ing session hosted by the Anglican dio-cese in Victoria in mid-November and early December. They will continue to attend training events as they occur.

Alraban said this fundraising project started in the parish and will stay within the parish, meaning there will not be public fundraising events.

However, he said if people want to contribute to the refugee sponsorship efforts they can come to the parish to offer support.

“Anyone who wants to help refugees is most welcomed,” he said. “It’s not just the case of our parish, it’s a case of humanity.”

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MPs want Comox Coast Guard station reopenedSCOTT STANFIELD COMOX VALLEY RECORD

At the bare minimum, Courte-nay-Alberni NDP MP Gord Johns hopes the federal government will put a hold on the impending closure of the Comox Coast Guard station.

Johns, with North Island-Powell River NDP MP Rachel Blaney, is urging government to consider re-opening the Tofino marine com-munications and traffic services cen-tre in Ucluelet, closed in April.

“We would have no marine traffic services control in our riding,” Johns said. “There’s a huge sense of urgency because we’re talking about a timeline of three months from now. The Comox station is a really import-ant station, not just because it’s local knowledge around a very busy area in the Salish Sea, but also it’s the only station that’s not in a tsunami sub-duction zone. We know we’re going

to have an earthquake someday, and we know that mariner safety and marine traffic control is going to play a very important role in any sort of crisis situation. Any given day there’s over 10,000 vessels in the water in the summer on the coast of British Columbia.”

Comox Mayor Paul Ives agrees local knowledge is a “powerful thing,” not-ing the importance of having a func-tional station in a pivotal area.

“Given the traffic that’s going up and down here, I think it’s import-ant that we maintain that presence here.”

When the federal Conservatives were in power, the plan for B.C. was to centralize the major coastal sta-tions in Prince Rupert and Victoria. The rationale was efficiency, in terms of software development and better technology. One stations — Kitsilano in Vancouver — closed in 2013 is scheduled to re-open.

While technology can solve some things, Ives suggests the business case for running from one place is not always beneficial. He has heard, for instance, that the Victoria station is incurring huge overtime costs due to a lack of staff.

“Given the emphasis on trade, we want to make sure we can provide a safe manner of transit for all those boats coming through,” Ives said.

Johns says the role of marine traffic control is to “pluck out that mayday call: “If we miss a call, that’s a life lost at sea.”

Regarding the fatal October sinking of a whale-watching boat off Tofino, Johns said he has heard rumours the Prince Rupert station could not iden-tify the exact point of the sinking.

“It really comes down to local knowledge.”

He and Blaney both spoke about the issue in the House of Commons, and have discussed the planned clos-ure with Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo. They also compared the economy and vessel traffic in B.C. with marine safety.

“The economy has got ahead and supports for marine safety have been cut.”

In the 1990s when the federal Liberals decreased B.C. Coast Guard stations from 10 to five, Johns said

government undertook a public con-sultation process.

“This time the Conservatives didn’t do that. It was driven on budgets,” he said.

“It’s local knowledge that saves lives. So we urged the minister to focus on local knowledge as the basis for marine safety. Supports for local Coast Guard lifeboat stations, support for marine traffic control, support for equipment and training for coastal communities…We know the minister has difficult decisions to make, but we also know the econ-omy has far outpaced marine safety. They’re inter-connected.

“Eventually you’re going to have an accident on the marine highway from a trade.”

And coastal British Columbians are going to be pointing the finger at government for not re-investing in marine safety.”

“Given the traffic that’s going up and down here, I think it’s important that we maintain that presence here.”

Paul Ives, Comox mayor

VICTORIA

City council makes CTF’s naughty list

VICTORIA NEWS

Victoria city council’s handling of taxpayers’ dollars has landed them on the Canadian Taxpayers Federa-tion’s annual naughty list.

According to the federation, Victoria council “lurched from one mistake to another.”

The federation cited a number of projects which landed council on the naughty list, including the Johnson Street Bridge, the cost of which is looming closer to the $100 million mark; partnering in the Seaterra project, in which the city spent money after the sewage project was killed; spending money on an interactive musical railing installed in Bastion Square parkade stairwells; and purchasing the building that houses the Victoria Visitors Centre in the Inner Har-bour for $8 million from the province.

“All of these blunders distract from the real issues facing Victoria: homelessness and downtown shops going out of business,” said CTF B.C. director Jordan Bateman.

Others on the naughty list include Surrey city council, Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

On the federation’s nice list are Mayors Derek Cor-rigan, Michael Smith and Nicole Read for standing up for taxpayers in the TransLink sales tax debate, and the B.C. Legislature, after they began posting MLA expense receipts.

VICTORIA

No fare hike for seniorsVICTORIA NEWS

Victoria’s seniors can rest easy for at least the next three years knowing that monthly transit passes aren’t going up in price.

Every three years, the Victoria Regional Transit Commission performs a fare review. The changes, set to take place in April, include the elimination of bus transfers and multi-month youth passes but will see no increase in fares.

Right now, the yearly cost for seniors to access tran-sit is $540.

Seniors with an income of $17,280 only have to pay $45 per year for bus access.

Have you ever noticed how language colours discussion about the state of the Can-

adian dollar?When it’s high, as it was not that

long ago compared to the U.S. dollar, it’s called “strong.” If it is moving in an upward trend it’s “gaining ground.”

Traditional news coverage about the dollar’s journeys is like sports stories — someone winning, some-one losing.

When the dollar is low, as it is now, it’s “taking a beating.” It’s “falling through the floor.” Its prospects are dim.

But the reality is much different. A low dollar is certainly bad for some things and people. It’s bad for people who have to pay for goods and

services in U.S. dollars. If you’re a snowbird who winters in Florida or a vacationer heading to Las Vegas or other U.S. destinations, it stinks. At its current level, lowest in a decade or so, it’s putting a crimp in vacation plans and will hurt the winter econ-omies in some sunny locations. How could it not when $1,000 Canadian buys you only $700 American?

That puts a big hole in vacation spending.

Consumers could feel the sting, too. Anything imported from the U.S. or other markets with stronger currency could end up costing more, if it isn’t already. That includes food imported from the U.S.

Inconvenient as that is, not holi-daying is hardly a life-changing threat. Another major outcome of a low dollar is more serious.

The higher American dollar, espe-cially with the interest rate increase announced by the Fed last week, means investors are more likely to choose U.S. investments because they can get a better rate of return.

Strength attracts strength and right now the U.S. economy is out-pacing and outmuscling ours — and

yes, that’s a deliberate sports-sound-ing comparison because it applies in the case of the two economies overall.

Ours is fragile, to say the least. Low oil prices continue to hurt, in part because our economy overall is too invested in natural resources, especially oil. That was a strategic decision by the previous government, and we’re now paying the price for having too many eggs in the resource basket.

But let’s not forget the low dollar also has positive attributes. The main one is it makes Canadian manufac-tured goods more affordable and attractive.

American dollars go a long way with ours at around 72 cents. Our beleaguered manufacturing sector is

only now regaining some momen-tum, and the low dollar is a needed catalyst to sustain that trend. It’s also a gift to exporters and domestic tour-ism operators who should see their businesses pick up with customers finding the low dollar offers more value than in the past.

It’s not all good. But the low dollar isn’t always the bad news story it sounds like. We need bal-anced reporting, not sports meta-phors, when it comes to economic reporting.

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Luddite Awards reveal outdated thinking

Shut out this year again. Not from the National

Newspaper or Jack Webster Awards. Not from the Nobel

Prize for Literature.I failed to be nominated for this

year’s Luddite Awards. The Washington, D.C.,-based Infor-

mation Technology & Innovation Foundation (which describes itself as a “think tank” but appears to be no more than a lobby group for the technology industry) released its annual Luddite Award nominations before Christmas.

That they named Elon Musk and Steven Hawking as part of their No. 1 nomination says a lot about what this group is up to — pure pub-lic relations. Musk and Hawking are named as part of a movement that promotes the idea of “an artificial intelligence apocalypse.”

As with political attack ads, this sort of derision and distortion is designed to delegitimize a credible view before it can gain traction. I wonder if the ITIF thinks we should stop reading Isaac Asimov, who in 1942 formed the now widely accepted Three Laws of Robotics.

The original Luddites of the early

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1800s took their name from Ned Ludd, a weaver who made stockings by hand, and who is said to have broken stocking-making machines in factories after he lost his livelihood at the end of the 18th century.

Evidence about Ludd is scant beyond his occupation and that he may have been mentally challenged.

The eponymous movement, which was not shy about using violence (their legacy is probably closer to insurrectionary anarchism), is only part of a much larger context. In 1773 enclosure legislation had ended a widespread way of agrarian life that was centuries-old. By the early decades of the 19th century, masses of displaced rural inhabitants (sheep took their place on the land — wool was a more profitable use) were swelling urban centres.

Emerging technologies of the day were used almost exclusively by nascent classical liberal capitalists to exploit labour for greater profits, not to improve living conditions. Millions were forced into a level of

urban poverty that was unpreced-ented. Novels of Charles Dickens and George Eliot chronicle the widespread degradation, child labour, crime, disease, legal injustices and extraordinary disparity between the rich and poor.

That Luddism coincided with the rise of Imperialism manifest in the Pax Brittanica is no coincidence.

It took several decades after the Luddites were suppressed by military force before the pre-Marxist labour movement was to initiate reforms that would lead to technology being used as a means to share wealth and create the middle class, as opposed to enriching the one per cent.

Two-hundred years after the ori-ginal Luddites, the challenge of ‘technics’ (the term coined by Lewis Mumford to include the impacts and ideology of technology as well as its processes) remains. Technologies have no inherent ethical structure and no memory. Humans must apply a moral code to processes like artifi-cial intelligence.

In all things we must question; we must doubt and debate until we are satisfied on a balance of probabilities — and in some cases beyond reason-able doubt — that emerging technol-ogies are safe, beneficial and ethical.

Thinking of the type seen at the ITIF is outdated. While the Internet at its surface now resembles a tawdry late-night “infomercial,” beneath lurks an unprecedented revolution as identified by author Paul Mason: Information is becoming the new currency and capitalism is at its end.

Re-regulation of business and industry, along with nationalization in some areas, will be key compon-ents in the post-capitalist world.

We need the Ned Ludd Awards for those who still put technology before compassion, profits before people and industry before ethics.

The ITIF would surely be among the first nominees.

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COURTS

Man sues to claim $50M jackpotProvincial lottery agency taken to court; notice of claim says winning ticket may have been tossed outTHE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia man is taking the province’s lottery agency to court, saying he is the rightful winner of a $50-million jack-pot handed out earlier this month.

George Wilson-Tagoe filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court, saying that he purchased the win-ning Lotto Max ticket from a gas

station on his way to work on March 11, 2014. He said he scanned the ticket, noticed an unusual pat-tern, and then lost it, possibly throw-ing it in the trash with old tickets.

“I looked everywhere for the ticket. Couldn’t find it,” he is quoted in the court documents.

Wilson-Tagoe said he called the B.C. Lottery Corporation and told them what happened.

The allegations contained in the lawsuit have not been proven in court

Angela Koulyras, a spokeswoman for BCLC, said she could not comment on the specifics of the case, but that the agency will be filing a defence against the allegations.

The agency awarded the massive prize to Friedrich Mayrhofer on

Dec. 15, nearly two years after the March 2014 draw.

Mayrhofer said earlier this month that the delay in coming forward was due to his family being private and concerned they wouldn’t be able to handle the money.

He could not be immediately reached about the legal action against the lottery corporation.

The BCLC received 739 inquir-

ies about the winning ticket and reviewed every claim thoroughly before handing over the $50-million prize to the people verified as the rightful ticket owners, Koulyras said.

“Throughout this process BCLC was guided by maintaining the integ-rity of the lottery system, which we uphold by ensuring prizes are paid to the right people,” she said.

POLITICS

Group does not refl ect community: S. Korea envoyTHE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — South Korea’s top diplomat to Western Can-ada is encouraging Vancouver’s Korean-Canadian community to take action against a handful of “problem-atic people” involved in a bitter legal battle over the leadership of a Lower Mainland cultural group.

Consul General Kie Cheon Lee is speaking out about a long-standing power struggle over who leads the Korean Society of B.C. for Fraternity and Culture, and said the dispute reflects poorly — and unfairly — on the community as a whole.

“About 15 to 20 problematic Korean Canadians are damaging the reputa-tion of the entire Korean-Canadian community,” said Lee.

The society oversees programs for its members, such as English lessons and computer classes, and also hosts social events and sports lessons at its community centre near the Downtown Eastside.

Over the years, more than a dozen members of the civic association have volleyed a litany of competing lawsuits against one another, with accusations ranging from libel to embezzlement to fraud.

Allegations contained in the series of lawsuits have not been proven in court.

The Canadian Press reported late last month about the society’s legal wran-glings. Since then, Lee said he has broached the topic three times while speaking at events throughout Metro Vancouver.

Korean Canadians feel ashamed about the story reaching mainstream media because it shines a spotlight on divisiveness in the community, he said.

As a representative of the Korean government, he stressed that the responsibility to bring about change doesn’t fall to him but rather to the local community members.

MONEY

Medical Services Plan premiums, electric bills and auto insurance upBritish Columbia the only province in Canada with a health care feeTOM FLETCHER BC LOCAL NEWS

Medical Services Plan premiums, electri-city bills and vehicle insurance rates are up in 2016, reviving criti-

cism of the B.C. government’s con-stant boast about keeping taxes low.

MSP premiums rise from $144 to $150 as of Jan. 1, for a family of three earning more than $30,000 a year.

For a single person in the same income group, the rate goes from $72 to $75, with lower rates for low-er incomes down to $22,000 a year, where premiums drop to zero.

B.C. is now the only province in Canada with a health care fee, and it has risen about 40 per cent since 2010. Premier Christy Clark has defended the fee as a signal to cit-izens about the enormous cost of providing health care.

BC Hydro rates have been political-ly dictated since Clark and Energy Minister Bill Bennett intervened to cap rate increases in 2013.

Hydro rates jumped six per cent after the 2013 election, and are capped at no more than four per cent for 2015 and 2016, after which Bennett has promised to return rate-setting authority to the independent B.C. Utilities Commission.

Insurance Corporation of B.C. basic vehicle insurance went up by 5.5 per cent on Nov. 1, an increase still subject to review by the BCUC. That works out to an increase of $3.70 per month added for the aver-age driver.

ICBC had proposed the maximum 6.7 per cent increase to cover increasing costs of personal injury claims and fraud, but the province gave it permission for a one-time

transfer of $450 million from its optional insurance business to sub-sidize the basic rate.

In a year-end interview, NDP leader John Horgan stopped short of prom-ising to eliminate MSP premiums, but he called it a “regressive tax” that would be part of a broad review of B.C. taxation fairness if he wins the 2017 election.

The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federa-tion says people who benefit from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promised middle-class tax cut will see most of those savings eaten up by provincial and municipal tax increases.

Trudeau vowed to reduce the fed-eral income tax bracket between $45,282 and $90,563 from 22 per cent to 20.5 per cent, and increase the rate for income over $200,000 from 29 to 33 per cent.

The change would provide up to $2,000 in tax relief for middle-in-come earners, with dual-income households benefiting most, CTF federal director Aaron Wudrick says.

Municipal taxes are expected to increase across the province in 2016, with local councils preparing to set budgets for the new fiscal year that starts April 1. Port Alberni has pro-

posed a seven per cent increase, and the CTF says it hasn’t found any B.C. municipalities yet that propose to freeze or lower property tax rates.

With the rapid rise in property prices continuing in parts of the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Assess-ment Authority sent out 37,000 letters in December, warning sin-gle-family homeowners to brace for a big jump in their assessed value.

ICBC rates are up 5.5 per cent, with the corporation citing increased injury claim costs as part of the reason.

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Cleveland cop who shot boy, 12, won’t face chargesBlack youngster was killed while playing with what turned out to be a pellet gun

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — A grand jury Monday declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, a black youngster who was shot while play-ing with what turned out to be a pellet gun.

In explaining the decision, Cuyahoga County prosecutor Tim McGinty said it was “indisputable” that the boy was drawing the pistol from his waistband when he was gunned down. McGinty said Tamir was trying to either hand the weapon over to police or show them it wasn’t real, but the officer and his partner had no way of knowing that.

“Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day, the evidence did not indi-cate criminal conduct by police,” McGinty said. He said patrolman Timothy Loehmann was justified in opening fire: “He had reason to fear for his life.”

Tamir’s family condemned the decision but echoed the prosecutor in urging those disappointed to express themselves “peacefully and democratically.” Barricades were set up outside a Cleveland courthouse in case of protests, and about two dozen people gathered in the cold rain at the recreation centre where Tamir was shot, some holding signs with photos of the boy and others killed by police in the U.S.

A grainy surveillance-camera video of the boy’s November 2014 shooting provoked outrage nationally, and

together with other killings of black people by police in places such as Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City, it helped fuel the Black Lives Matter movement.

There was no immediate comment from Loehmann or his partner, who was not charged either.

Tamir was gunned down by Loeh-mann within two seconds of the officer’s police cruiser skidding to a stop near the boy. Loehmann and his white training partner, Frank Garmback, were responding to a 911 call about a “guy” waving a gun and pointing it at people.

Tamir was carrying a borrowed airsoft gun that looks like an actual firearm but shoots nonlethal plastic pellets. It was missing the orange tip that is supposed to show that it is not a real weapon. The grand jury had been hearing evidence and testimony since mid-October.

In detailing the decision not to bring charges, McGinty said police radio personnel contributed to the tragedy by failing to pass along the “all-important fact” that the 911 caller said the gunman was probably a youngster and the gun probably wasn’t real.

Assistant Prosecutor Matthew Mey-er said it was “extremely difficult” to tell the difference between the pellet gun and a real one. And he said Tamir was big for his age — 5-foot-7 and 175 pounds, with a men’s XL jacket and size-36 pants — and could have easily passed for someone much older.

In a statement, Tamir’s family said it was “saddened and disappointed by this outcome — but not surprised.” It accused the prosecutor of “abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to orchestrate a vote against indictment.”

COURTS

Conviction for urging student’s suicide is reversedTHE CANADIAN PRESS

MINNEAPOLIS — A former Min-nesota nurse who admitted to going online and encouraging people to kill themselves didn’t give specific instructions to a Carleton Univer-sity student, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday in overturning his conviction.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals said there wasn’t enough evidence to convict William Melchert-Dinkel of attempting to assist the suicide of 18-year-old Nadia Kajouji, of Bramp-ton, Ont., who jumped into the freez-ing Rideau River in 2008.

However, the court upheld his conviction on the higher charge of assisting the suicide of a British man, saying he gave 32-year-old Mark Drybrough, of Coventry, England, detailed instructions on how to hang himself.

Melchert-Dinkel, obsessed with suicide and death, trolled chat rooms dedicated to suicide methods posing as a female.

He sought out his victims, entering into a suicide pact with Kajouji and trying to get her to hang herself while he watched via webcam.

During trial, he acknowledged participating in online chats about suicide with up to 20 people and entering into fake suicide pacts with about 10, five of whom he believed killed themselves.

The defence argued that the online activities were protected speech, the victims were predisposed to suicide and Melchert-Dinkel’s comments were not a factor in their deaths.

Melchert-Dinkel was initially charged with encouraging Kajouji’s death but the trial judge ruled state prosecutors failed to prove his assist-ance was a direct cause of her suicide and found him guilty of the lesser charged of attempting to help her to end her life.

The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed Melchert-Dinkel’s original convictions last year. The justices declared that a state law banning someone from “encouraging” or “advising” suicide was unconstitu-tional, but upheld part of the law making it a crime to “assist” in a suicide.

Melchert-Dinkel served nearly six months in jail after his 2014 con-viction and remains on 10 years of probation. While he told police he did it “for the thrill of the chase,” he apologized at his sentencing and said he had repented.

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Trudeau White House visit set for mid-MarchTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have set a date for their first meeting in Washington.

Trudeau and his wife are to be wel-comed by the Obamas for an official visit and state dinner at the White House on March 10.

Obama and Trudeau met on the sidelines of the APEC summit in the Philippines in November and Obama had mentioned then he had hoped to have the Trudeaus to the White House in the new year.

U.S. Ambassador Bruce Heyman announced the date in a statement Monday, saying the visit is an oppor-tunity for the two countries to deep-

en their bilateral relationship.Heyman said it is also intended to

advance co-operation on issues such as energy and climate change, secur-ity and the economic relationship.

The meeting will come just ahead of the end of the parliamentary man-date for Canada’s participation in the U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria.

Trudeau has said Canada will remain a participant in the fight against the militants but how and in what capacity remains unclear.

Another key issue will be the future of the Trans Pacific Partnership deal; Canada agreed to the landmark trade package during the election but it still needs to be ratified and Trudeau has not set a timeline for when that will happen.

It will be the first White House state dinner in 19 years for a Can-adian leader.TRUDEAU

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Demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland during a protest in November 2014 over the police shooting of

12-year-old Tamir Rice. [AP PHOTO]

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Man shot by cops after approaching with gun

Police in Edmonton have shot and wounded a man they say was armed and approached officers who were responding to a 911 call.

The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates police shootings, is now handling the case. The agency says in a news release that police were called to the scene early Sunday in the city’s west end in response to a man who was threatening to shoot himself.

When officers arrived, the release says a 50-year-old man emerged from a home carrying what appeared to be a long-barrelled weapon and con-fronted the police.

It says one officer fired his service weapon and the man was hit.

Police say the man suffered serious injuries but is expected to survive.

◆ MONCTON, N.B.

Pair sought in ’extremely violent’ murder in city

Canada-wide arrest warrants have been issued for a young man and woman charged in what the RCMP describe as an “extremely violent” murder in Moncton, N.B.

Eighteen-year-old Tyler Noel and 20-year-old Marissa Shephard, both of the Moncton area, face charges of first-degree murder and arson in the Dec. 17 death of Baylee Wylie.

The 18-year-old man’s body was discovered by firefighters after a fire at a triplex on Sumac Street.

“The murder of Baylee Wylie was extremely violent,” Sgt. Andre Pepin said in a news release. “These two should be considered dangerous and not be approached.”

Pepin added that anyone helping the pair evade police could also be charged.

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Funeral for hockey legend Dickie Moore

Family, friends and former team-mates attended a funeral service today for Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Dickie Moore.

Moore was described as a humble and loyal family man who was gener-ous with his time and money.

Former Canadiens stars Guy Lafleur, Serge Savard and Yvan Cournoyer were in attendance.

Moore died in Montreal on Dec. 19 at the age of 84.

The Hockey Hall of Famer played his first 12 seasons with the Cana-diens. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal on six occasions, including five in a row in the late 1950s.

After his hockey days, Moore settled into the business world. His con-struction equipment rental company became a big success.

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Southern Ontario set to deal with winter storm

Environment Canada issued winter storm and freezing rain warnings for large swaths of Ontario and southern Quebec after an unseasonably warm December.

The agency says an intense low pressure system that originated in Texas was expected to roll into the Windsor area Monday afternoon, bringing freezing rain, ice pellets and strong winds before changing to rain Monday night.

The storm was to hit Sault Ste. Marie hard with upwards of 35 centi-metres of snow Monday night.

It says the system will move across the province where it will turn into snow in eastern Ontario and south-ern Quebec where it could also dump between 20 to 35 centimetres of snow by this afternoon.

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A Toronto police officer has been taken to hospital after he was bitten by a sick raccoon.

Police received a call at 12:18 p.m. Monday from a store owner for a rac-coon that “appeared to be in distress and possibly blind,” hanging around a downtown store, said Const. Ally-son Douglas-Cook.

She said two officers tried to corral the raccoon, which is when one offi-cer was bitten in the hand.

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STEPHANIE LEVITZ THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — As he watches his for-mer colleagues go all out to reset-tle thousands of Syrian refugees by the end of this year, the civil servant who helped run Canada’s last major refugee resettlement program says he’s concerned that politics is getting in the way of policy.

Gerry Van Kessel says he’s frus-trated by the game he feels the Liberal government is playing by constantly affixing and changing targets for their Syrian refugee program.

“There is an element of make believe in all this that keeps the focus on the make believe and not the substance,” he said in an interview.

“And to what purpose? That’s the thing — they are doing something that the public approves of. And yet the public focus is not going to be on what they are doing but on the manipulation around it.”

Van Kessel was the director gen-

eral, refugees, for the immigration department when the Canadian government evacuated 5,000 Kos-ovars and fast-tracked the resettle-ment of more than 2,000 others over a period of several months in 1999.

Van Kessel said as soon as he, and other former immigration officials, saw the government’s Syrian plan, they knew bringing over more than three times that number of people in just four months couldn’t be done.

What’s happened since has been nothing but politics, he said.

“It became a political issue for them — nervousness around the fact that they are seeing they are not meeting their promise so they keep pretending they are meeting their promise,” he said.

In March, the Liberals had called for 25,000 Syrians to be brought to Canada. During the election cam-paign when refugee policy became an unexpected issue, they pledged that’s what they would do if elected — “immediately” their platform said and they would work with pri-vate sponsors to do even more.

The “immediately” was later defined as the end of the year. But since the Liberals have been sworn into power on Nov. 4, things keep changing.

According to the immigration department, as of Dec. 26, 2,413 had arrived. A further 1,452 were scheduled to arrive on flights on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28. How many will arrive in the final three days of the year is unclear. Nine govern-ment flights currently appear on the schedule.

Gerry Van Kessel says Liberals setting, then changing targets

◆ SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

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A Puerto Rico policeman fatally shot two high-ranking officers and a policewoman on Monday following an argument and hostage taking at work that temporarily shut down the station in the U.S. territory’s second largest city, authorities said. The suspect was immediately placed under arrest.

The suspect, Guarionex Candelario Rivera, held a female lieutenant, a male commander and a policewoman hostage

in an office before he killed them, police spokeswoman Mayra Ayala told The Associated Press. She said authorities were about to start negotiations with the 50-year-old suspect when the vic-tims were killed. She said police did not yet have information on a motive.

Officials said the victims were Lt. Luz Soto Segarra and Cmdr. Frank Roman Rodriguez, both 49, and 42-year-old policewoman Rosario Hernandez De Hoyos. Soto had been with the depart-ment 23 years, Roman 28 years and Hernandez 15 years.

— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS “There is an element of make believe in all this that keeps the focus on the make believe and not the substance.”

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Authorities in Mexico say five people have now died from a fire that broke out near where people were using an illegal tap to gather fuel.

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◆ VIENNA

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SINAN SALAHEDDIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the centre of Ramadi on Monday and seized the main gov-ernment complex there, according to military officials, who said insurgents are still dug into pockets of the city west of Baghdad.

Ramadi, the provincial capital of the sprawling Anbar province, fell to IS in May, marking a major setback for Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led cam-paign. Ramadi and nearby Fallujah, which is controlled by IS, saw some of the heaviest fighting of the eight-year U.S. intervention in Iraq.

In recent months Iraqi forces launched several offensives to retake Ramadi, but all had stalled. Iraqi troops began advancing into some parts of the city, located about 130 kilometres west of Baghdad, ear-lier this month.

But their progress was slowed by snipers, booby traps and the mil-itants’ destruction of bridges leading into the city centre.

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times contradictory statements.Brig. Gen. Ahmed al-Belawi told

The Associated Press that IS mil-itants stopped firing from inside the government complex at around 8 a.m. Monday and said troops were encircling it as engineering teams cleared booby traps.

A few hours later, military spokes-man Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool announced in a televised state-ment that Ramadi had been “fully liberated.”

But Gen. Ismail al-Mahlawi, head of military operations in Anbar, quickly clarified that Iraqi forces had only

retaken the government complex and that parts of the city remained under IS control. He said IS fighters still control 30 per cent of Ramadi and that government forces do not fully control many districts from which IS fighters have retreated.

“The troops only entered the gov-ernment complex,” al-Mahlawi told The Associated Press. “We can’t say that Ramadi is fully liberated. There are still neighbourhoods under their control and there are still pockets of resistance.”

Iraqi state TV showed troops, some waving Iraqi flags and others bran-dishing machine-guns, chanting and dancing inside what it described as the government complex. Soldiers could be seen slaughtering sheep in celebration near heavily damaged buildings.

Col. Steve Warren, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, told AP that “today’s success is a proud moment for Iraq.”

The recapture of the government complex should lift the morale of Iraqi forces, who were badly shaken by the fall of the city in May, which came despite months of U.S.-led airstrikes and advances against IS elsewhere in the country.

Iraqi security forces enter the government complex in central Ramadi,

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Midwest American states hit hard by big stormDAVID WARREN AND REESE DUNKLIN

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GARLAND, Texas — The storm system that spawned tornadoes in Texas over the weekend brought winter storm woes to the Midwest on Monday, worsening flooding already blamed for more than a dozen deaths and prompting hundreds of flight cancellations.

At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in the tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area Satur-day and caused substantial damage. That, plus the flooding in Missouri and Illinois, was the latest in a suc-cession of severe weather events across the U.S. that have led to at least 45 deaths in less than a week.

A range of precipitation was forecast Monday for the coun-try’s midsection, including heavy snow, ice and blustery winds in parts of 11 states and heavy rain in already-waterlogged parts of Missouri and Arkansas.

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In North Texas, officials estimated as many as 1,450 homes were dam-aged or destroyed by at least nine tornadoes.

The governor of Oklahoma declared a state of emergency amid blizzard conditions and warnings of severe flooding. Oklahoma emergency offi-cials say more than 50 people have been injured and about 175,000 are without power.

Fahmy wants Egyptian citizenship backPAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Canadian journalist who was released from prison in Egypt this fall has asked authorities in that country to restore the citizenship he renounced in hopes of regaining his freedom.

Mohamed Fahmy said he initially refused to give up his Egyptian citizenship when it was sug-gested to him as a way of speeding up his release.

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Even so, it took almost a year — and a presi-dential pardon — before he was freed.

Fahmy, who now lives in Vancouver, said Mon-day that he is seeking to recover his dual citizen-ship as a “matter of principle.”

“I kind of feel that it was unnecessary for me to renounce my citizenship to get out of prison,” he said. “I’ve spoken to Egyptian officials and my lawyers have and we don’t have a clear answer on why this happened.”

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UN truce leads to Syria evacuations

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He knew it would be a heavy game and Willie Desjardins had to do some heavy thinking Monday.

Maybe too much thinking.The Los Angeles Kings came as

advertised and the response from the Vancouver Canucks’ coach was to replace the big-bodied Adam Crack-nell with the slight-framed Linden Vey.

On the weight scale it made little sense, but with Henrik Sedin playing through injury and not able to take draws, the thinking was Vey could help in that matter — especially on the power play where he got a belated Christmas present by being the net-front presence on the first unit.

Or, maybe Desjardins thought Vey might give him something in the circle and some offence by playing against his former NHL club and his former AHL linemates in Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson.

Toffoli answered the challenge with a hat-trick effort Monday.

Whatever the Vey rationale, it didn’t work. In a sobering 5-0 loss at Rogers Arena where Jonathan Quick posted his third shutout of the sea-son, the Canucks lost Sven Baertschi to an upper-body injury in the second period.

They also lost ground to the pursu-ing pack in the Pacific Division and looked lost again on the power play with a funk that has now stretched to 0-for-17 in the last eight games.

What really stood out, aside from Radim Vrbata shooting from every possible angle with six shots through two periods, was the lack of an early offensive push. The Canucks were outshot 16-5 at one point in the first period and that set the tone because they had no answer in transition, in the face-off circle or on the boards where they lost battles that led to two goals. And if Baertschi, who had three goals in his last five games, is lost for any length of time after find-ing his confidence and the front of the net, the ‘O’ hole is only going to get deeper.

WHAT THIS MEANS:Alex Biega was going to be a good

story when recalled Dec. 1. On his fourth-consecutive one-year con-tract, playing with a bulldog mental-ity was going to get the Harvard grad in the lineup with injuries to Chris Tanev (ankle), Luca Sbisa (hand) and Dan Hamhuis (face).

It’s also getting him noticed for all the right reasons and when the wounded return, Biega will require waivers to be re-assigned to the Utica Comets. However, Biega is giving the Canucks everything they could hope for.

On Monday, his early outlet pass to Henrik Sedin led to Brayden McNabb elbowing the Canucks captain to the head.

Biega responded by going after the blueliner.

He then drew an offensive-zone penalty, broke up a 2-on-1 break and blocked two shots in the first period.

And in a heavy game where Yannick Weber and Matt Bartkowski would lose board battles that directly led to goals, management may have to take a hard look at what to do with the 27-year-old Biega once the Canucks get healthier on the back end.

He has more than held his own.

WHAT WE LEARNED: It takes a lot to sideline Henrik.

Whether it’s his hip-flexor, groin or back, he didn’t sit out Monday and it shouldn’t be surprising.

He could even finally sit between shifts, unlike Saturday.

“It has happened before — it’s not a big deal,” he said.

“It’s more on the ice, like not being able to take faceoffs the way I want to.”

Sedin wore a splint to play through a wrist injury when cross-checked in the ribs on Jan.16, 2014.

He laboured through the ailments, but left a Jan. 21 game to end his games-played streak at 679.

IN A WORD:TWITCHY: Bo Horvat had a slight

hesitation and could have buried his first goal in 26 games. He also fed Sven Baertschi on a 2-on-1 break instead of shooting from a prime scoring area.

PUNCHY: Andrey Pedan is 6-foot-5 and 213 pounds. Jordan Nolan is 6-foot-3, 219 pounds. A little extra reach did Pedan a lot of good in his unanimous victory over the Kings’ enforcer.

ITCHY: Brandon Prust was ready with a nod of the head before a face-off to make McNabb pay for a ques-tionable, should-be-reviewed hit to the head on Henrik.

ADVANCED STATS59: Distance in feet that a

second-period point shot by McNabb eluded Jacob Markstrom through a maze to the glove side to make it 3-0.

10:19: First-period minutes for Alex Edler, who would log 18:10 through 40 minutes, and buckle under the pressure to contain the Kings’ strong north-south game.

-43: The combined even-strength Corsi for the third line that struggled in every matchup. Chris Higgins was a minus-16 after two periods while Jared McCann was a minus-14 and Derek Dorsett minus-13.

0: Number of face-offs won by winger Jannik Hansen through two periods with Henrik ailing enough to not take draws. The Canucks won just 31 per cent through 40 minutes.

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Canadians dump Danes 6-1, take on Swiss today

JOHN CHIDLEY-HILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

HELSINKI — Mitch Marner took off his sandal, held it up like a micro-phone and joined the reporters inter-viewing teammate Dylan Strome.

Strome laughed and swatted away his friend’s shoe before continuing to answer questions about Canada’s forward lines after a 6-1 victory over Denmark on Monday in the pre-liminary round of the world junior hockey championship.

It’s obvious that Canada’s junior team has loosened up on and off the ice after a disappointing 4-2 loss to the United States on Saturday to open the tournament.

“I think our line was having fun, for sure. I think the whole team was too,” said Marner, who was paired with Brayden Point and John Quen-neville for the first time at the inter-national event. “It’s nice going out and doing that especially after the USA game. It’s nice to get the confi-dence back in the room. We’ve got to make sure we come back tomorrow and make sure we’re ready to play.”

Canadian head coach Dave Lowry said after the opening loss that his players needed to stop overthinking plays and shoot more often. They delivered Monday by firing 58 shots on Denmark’s goalie Mathias Sel-drup, more than twice as many as Canada had against the Americans.

“We just wanted to get more pucks to the net,” said Marner. “I think that was the problem in our first game we didn’t get enough pucks to the net. We really focused on trying to get bodies in front of the goalies.

“Every goalie in this tournament is great when they see the puck so we just got to get bodies in front of them and make sure we get pucks there.”

Marner and Strome had a goal and an assist each for Canada (1-1), while Anthony Beauvillier, John Quenne-ville, Matt Barzal and Lawson Crouse also scored at Helsinki Ice Hall.

“We like winning,” said Marner, who was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in last sum-mer’s NHL draft. “Everyone played really well tonight, we had great depth, everyone got a point on our team almost. Any line can score on our team.”

Mason McDonald faced 11 shots in total — none in the third period — only allowing a goal on a deflection off the skate of Danish forward Alex-ander True.

“I can’t remember when I faced that little,” said McDonald, who said he worked hard to stay focused in the third period. “It had to be peewee or something.”

It was likely McDonald’s last start of the preliminary round. It’s expected that he will give way to Mackenzie Blackwood on Tuesday at 10 a.m. when the Canadians face Switzerland (0-2).

Los Angeles Kings centre Trevor Lewis celebrates a goal that beat Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom during the second period of a game in Vancouver on

Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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LACROSSE YEAR IN REVIEW

T-Men bring Shires home amid series of changes

SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

The Nanaimo Timbermen will enter the 2016 season a much changed lacrosse team after two trades over Christmas.

The Timbermen, eager to get out of the Western Lacrosse Association basement for the first time since 2012, dealt a third-round 2016 draft pick to the Coquitlam Adanacs for former local Junior A star Corey Shires.

They also sent last year’s second overall draft pick, Eli McLaughlin, and their upcoming No. 1 overall draft pick ,to the Burnaby Lakers in exchange for Victoria native Casey Jackson and Burnaby’s third, 10th, and 17th overall picks in the 2016 draft as well as their third-round pick in 2017.

Shires is the second Nanaimo product to be brought back to the Timbermen this offseason, as they also traded for Colton Clark last month from the New Westminster Salmonbellies.

Shires was unexpectedly drafted last season by the Adanacs, but didn’t make an impact in Coquitlam where he posted four assists in five games.

He averaged 4.86 points per game in 2014, his final year of Junior A lacrosse.

McLaughlin played 12 games with the Timbermen last season, coming to Nanaimo after playing his rookie campaign with the National Lacrosse League’s Colorado Mammoth.

He scored 15 goals with 19 assists and was second on the Timbermen in points per game behind Cody Bremner.

Jackson is expected to make an immediate impact with the Timber-men — his career high in points overall came in 2010 with the Vic-toria Junior Shamrocks when he added 88 points. As a 25-year-old last season Jackson played five games with 10 points in 2015.

The 2016 WLA draft, held in Febru-ary, will be headlined by Coquitlam Junior A stars Cole Shafer and Chris Cloutier, as well as Evan Mes-senger of the Delta Islanders.

Graduating Nanaimo Junior A star Brett Hawrys will also be available at the draft, where the Timbermen will own three of the top 10 picks.

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◆ MONTREAL

Habs ship Kassian to Edmonton for Scrivens

The Montreal Canadiens traded for-ward Zack Kassian to the Edmonton Oilers on Monday in exchange for goaltender Ben Scrivens.

Scrivens, 29, posted a 2-6-1 record with AHL Bakersfield this season. He had a 3.47 goals-against average and .893 save percentage. In 129 career NHL regular-season games, Scrivens has a 42-56-17 mark with a 2.90 GAA and .905 save percentage.

Kassian, 24, was acquired by the Canadiens last summer but did not play in a regular-season game for Montreal. He was cleared to play in mid-December after spending more than two months in a substance abuse program. Kassian then cleared waivers and was assigned to AHL St. John’s. The physical winger has 35 goals and 31 assists in 198 career NHL regular-season games.

Also Monday, the Oilers recalled goaltender Eetu Laurikainen from HPK of the Finnish Elite League and assigned him to Bakersfield.

◆ BUFFALO

Evander Kane says he’s innocent in sex crime

Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane was calm and brief in saying he looks forward to having his name cleared in connection with a sex crime allegation.

“I just want to say I’ve done noth-ing wrong,” Kane said Monday mor-ning following Buffalo’s pre-game skate before hosting the Washington Capitals. “I respect the legal process. And unfortunately at this time, there’s not much more I can talk about.”

Kane spoke for about 30 seconds in front of a large gathering of repor-ters in a corner of the Sabres locker room. He did not take any questions in his first comments since The Buffalo News reported that Buffalo police were investigating a claim made against the player.

The alleged incident occurred early Sunday at a downtown hotel, where Kane is living, after he and the Sabres returned to Buffalo following a 6-3 win at Boston. Police issued a statement that was limited to saying that no report or charges had been filed.

◆ CALGARY

Flames winger named as NHL’s star of the month

Calgary Flames left-winger Johnny Gaudreau was named NHL first star of the week on Monday.

He led all players with five goals in two games last week. Gaudreau had a hat trick in a 4-1 win over Winnipeg on Dec. 22 and scored two goals in a 5-3 win over Edmonton last Sunday.

Dallas Stars goaltender Antti Niemi was the second star and Toronto Maple Leafs centre Tyler Bozak took the third star.

Niemi went 2-0-1 last week with a 1.02 goals-against average and .966 save percentage.

Bozak had four goals and an assist over three games.

NHL BRIEFSThe Canadian Press

Brooke Henderson poses for a photo at the Smiths Falls Golf Club on Monday. Henderson has won the Bobbie Rosenfeld

Award as The Canadian Press 2015 female athlete of the year. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Brooke Henderson is Canada’s female athlete of the year winner GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS

Red-eye flights, pre-tourna-ment qualifiers and last-minute travel plans were often the norm for golfer Brooke Henderson in her

first season as a professional.At the start of the year, she hoped

to post some decent results and use her rookie campaign as a learning experience. Henderson did much more than that in 2015 — she became the first Canadian to win on the LPGA Tour in more than a dec-ade and rocketed into the top 20 in the world rankings.

Not bad for someone who just celebrated her 18th birthday a few months ago. Henderson capped her impressive season Monday by win-ning the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female athlete of the year. She picked up 21 votes (37 per cent) in the annual survey of editors and broadcasters from across the country.

“I’m hoping this is just the start of a pretty long career, and one where I can chase after some bigger dreams and goals that I’ve set for myself,” Henderson said. “Really I think that there are no limits and I think anything is possible. My 2015 year proves that it’s true — that anything is possible.”

Soccer player Kadeisha Buchanan was well back in second place in the voting with 10 votes (17 per cent). Tennis player Eugenie Bouchard won the award the last two years.

Henderson is the first golfer to capture the honour since Lorie Kane in 2000. Kane was also the last

Canadian to win on the Tour until Henderson blew away the field at the Cambia Portland Classic in August to end Canada’s 14-year victory drought.

The youngster from Smiths Falls, Ont., needed to play in a qualifier just to enter the tournament field that week. She showed she belonged by finishing with a whopping eight-shot victory.

“A couple days I was playing there and I was thinking back to when I would just kind of daydream when I was little,” she said. “I was looking at my putt on the green and I could see the hole and the ball and I could see the fans around the green. They were kind of blurred and it was just exactly how I pictured it when I was little. I was like, ’Wow, you know what, this is my dream.”’

Henderson, who also posted fifth-place ties at two major events last season, was granted immediate LPGA Tour membership by commissioner Mike Whan after the win.

“The LPGA Tour win — that was really the pinnacle of the season,” she said. “It was when I was playing my best and I was able to secure my LPGA Tour card and get my first LPGA Tour victory. (The year) as a whole was a result of a lot of hard work and it was just something where everything came together and I thank God for that.

“It was just a miracle year really.”

Henderson will be able to play a full Tour schedule next year and make her plans well ahead of time. Gone are the days of needing sponsor invitations or travelling overnight to make it to the course in time for morning qualification rounds.

“I wanted to play against the best in the world,” she said. “Most of the times when I was doing that, I wasn’t a member and I didn’t really have anywhere else to play. I was trying to make my way onto the Tour and trying to make my mark. It was something that I knew I had to do and it was exciting to know that I could have a chance to do something amazing.”

Henderson finished the season ranked 18th in the world — a jump of over 200 positions from a year ago — with over US$100,000 in offi-cial LPGA earnings and more than $700,000 in combined earnings as a pro.

“Already a top-flight golfer at such a young age,” said Red Deer Advocate sports editor Greg Meachem. “Proved she can compete — and be success-ful — against the best of the best in a global sport.”

Canadian women’s team coach Tris-tan Mullally, who has worked with Henderson since she was 14, said she’s a remarkably steady ball striker with the accuracy to be consistent on different types of golf courses.

“When you combine those two, that makes for a pretty potent recipe,” Mullally said.

Henderson hopes to start strong early in the 2016 season with a goal of cracking the top 10 in the world rankings.

“It was just a miracle year really.“

Brooke Henderson, golfer

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Cardinals don’t plan to rest their startersJOSE M. ROMERO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TEMPE, Ariz. — For head coach Bruce Arians and the Arizona Cardinals, Week 17 might as well be Week 1.

In other words, Arians doesn’t plan to rest any top players for Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Seattle Seahawks at home.

The Cardinals have already clinched the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs and a first-round bye. But the top seed is still at stake.

If the Carolina Panthers lose Sunday to Tampa Bay, the Cardinals, by virtue of a better conference record, can secure the No. 1 spot and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, as long as they beat Seattle.

Arizona (13-2) has won nine straight games and has already clinched the NFC West title with the most wins in a season in franchise history. Now the Cardinals want to play hard to the finish.

“I don’t think you get anything out of resting guys, especially playing a team that’s in our division and we haven’t beaten them at home in a couple of years,” Arians said Monday. “We don’t want to start a preced-ent now.”

Defensive tackle Calais Campbell said everything is “flowing right now” for the Cardinals.

“Got a lot of momentum going our way, and every time you go out there and you’re playing good football like we are, you want to keep it going,” Campbell said. “And it’s a division game. Seattle’s definitely a rivalry game, a game that we look forward to playing each and every year. I definitely circled that game on the calendar.”

The Cardinals haven’t beaten the Seahawks at home since the 2012 season. Seattle has won the past two division championships and gone on to the Super Bowl both times.

Arians said players approached him after Sunday’s 38-8 win over the Green Bay Packers and made it clear how they want to approach this week’s game. He wasn’t surprised by what he was told.

“They said, ‘Look, we want to win this.’ I said, ‘Of course we do,”’ Arians said. “They all feel the same way.”

Impactful injuries leave top teams without key playersAs teams like Bengals, Seahawks prep for playoff s, the missing loom largeDAVE CAMPBELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Andy Dalton was thriv-ing, producing by far the best season of his five-year NFL career. The Cincinnati

Bengals were cruising, putting themselves in prime position to finally register that first win in the playoffs since the 1990 post-season.

Then came the game against Pittsburgh on Dec. 13, the inter-ception Dalton threw in the first quarter and his fateful contribu-tion to the tackle that stopped Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt.

Dalton’s thumb on his throw-ing hand was broken.

The Bengals and their Super Bowl goal were still intact, but with major collateral damage.

“We’ll go week to week,” coach Marvin Lewis said the day after Dalton was hurt, summing up the situation as a typical NFL coach would. “I think that’s about as good an outcome right now as we could expect.”

The Bengals were able to clinch the AFC North title on Sunday thanks to a loss by the Steelers, but without the “Red Rifle” the dynamic of their championship chase has changed, and not for the bet-ter. Dalton has flopped in the playoffs in each of his first four years, but he’s the franchise quarterback, not A.J. McCarron. He’s still third in the league in passer rating, having been inter-cepted only seven times in the 13 games he played in.

With the first-round bye still in play, the Bengals have held on to the hope that extra healing time for Dalton will bring him back at full strength for the stretch run. But there’s no guarantee.

With this wildly unpredictable sport in a wildly unpredictable season, alas, guarantees are next to nonexistent.

There’s hardly a bigger rea-son for that than injuries, that familiar lament in a league with participants too big, strong and fast to avoid them in such a vio-lent game. From Cincinnati in the AFC to two-time defending

NFC champion Seattle, there are teams heading toward the playoffs whose title bid has taken a hit because of the loss of some important players. Then there are the star-crossed clubs such as Baltimore and Dallas who couldn’t even get going, at least partially due to the untimely absences of key cogs in their schemes.

Here’s a glance at some of the teams most stung by injuries in the NFL this year:

COWBOYS COLLAPSEWhen quarterback Tony Romo

went down in the second game of the season, Dallas essentially did, too. The broken collarbone kept him out for two months and was reinjured on Thanksgiv-ing Day, rendering the NFC East race moot for the Cowboys even with their competitors failing to take control of the diluted division.

Dez Bryant was hurt in the opener, a broken foot taking the dangerous wide receiver out of the mix. Then Lance Dunbar hurt his knee in Week 4, remov-ing the change-of-pace running back from the game plan while they were still trying to figure out how to replace departed free agent DeMarco Murray.

GROUNDED SEAHAWKSSeattle has dodged the debili-

tating effect of star players getting hurt as well as any team, behind the brilliance of quarter-back Russell Wilson.

With running back Marshawn Lynch recovering from an abdominal injury since mid-Nov-ember and rookie replacement Thomas Rawls done for the sea-son because of a badly damaged ankle, the Seahawks are left for now with Fred Jackson and Christine Michael.

Lynch, the fulcrum of the team that won a championship two years ago and nearly repeated, could be back for the playoffs, but still carries an uncertain status.

This suddenly soaring aerial attack, plus that star-studded defence, could be good enough to get Seattle back to the Super Bowl. But without Lynch and his power-running clone Rawls, that path will be a little less smooth.

ROUGHED-UP RAVENSAs with the Cowboys, another

expected contender for the play-offs, the Baltimore Ravens, sent frustrated fans flocking to mock-draft websites for hints on which prospects will be the first-round

picks in the spring. Linebacker Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon in the opener, setting the tone for a season in which they lost their starting quarterback (Joe Flacco), featured running back (Justin Forsett) and best wide receiver (Steve Smith).

QB-CHALLENGED COLTSIndianapolis is another team

on track for an earlier-than-ex-pected winter vacation.

Quarterback Andrew Luck, who played in every game in his first three seasons while leading the Colts to 11-5 records and spots in the playoffs, hurt a shoulder, a kidney and an abdominal muscle.

Backups Matt Hasselbeck and Charlie Whitehurst have since incurred injuries, too.

TOUGH-LUCK TITANSTennessee had the second pick

in the draft this year, selecting quarterback Marcus Mariota who played up to his lofty selection in a solid rookie season. But then he sprained each knee, missing the last three games, as the Titans lost all three while being outscored 64-19.

Well, at least that first-round pick in the 2016 draft will be another high one.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning talk prior to a game on Monday in Denver. [AP PHOTO]

Marshawn Lynch could return before playoff s beginTIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — Coming off one of their ugliest performances of the season, the Seattle Sea-hawks needed a little good news. They may be getting it with the potential return of running back Marshawn Lynch.

Coach Pete Carroll indicated

Monday that Lynch could rejoin the team later this week.

It’s the first sign of optimism that Lynch could be a factor for the Seahawks once the post-sea-son arrives. But Carroll cautioned that the team would have to see how Lynch is doing in person before deciding whether he will play in the regular-season

finale this week at Arizona or in the wild-card round of the NFC playoffs.

“We have to see him playing football and see if everything translates. He’s always come back in really good shape, and been fast and strong and had his endurance and all that,” Carroll said. “We’re kind of hoping that’s

the same when the time comes.”Lynch has been out since

undergoing abdominal surgery Nov. 25 to repair an injury related to a sports hernia.

Lynch played through the injury in Seattle’s Week 10 loss to Arizona, then sat out the follow-ing week against San Francisco before undergoing surgery.

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Broncos clinch playoff spot with OT win over BengalsARNIE STAPLETON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER — DeMarcus Ware came up with the big play he’s been look-ing for ever since missing a month with a bad back, and it put the Den-ver Broncos into the playoffs.

Ware beat AJ McCarron to a fum-bled snap in overtime, sending the Broncos into the post-season with a 20-17 win over the Cincinnati Ben-gals on Monday night.

Ware’s recovery followed a 37-yard

field goal by Brandon McManus, whose shanked 45-yarder at the end of regulation made necessary the extra drama.

The Broncos (11-4) overcame a 14-0 first-half deficit in clinching their fifth consecutive playoff berth and denying the Bengals (11-4) their first road win on a Monday night since 1990.

“There’s an old saying: ’It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,”’ Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler

said. “And this team finished great tonight.”

Cincinnati also blew a chance to earn a bye in the playoffs.

Denver can earn the top seed in the AFC with a win over San Diego and a loss by New England at Miami next weekend.

Denver, which was in danger of becoming the first team since the 1970 merger to miss the playoffs after starting 10-2, snapped a two-game skid with its third overtime win

of the season. McManus has missed a kick in five consecutive games, and this one wasn’t even close. It sailed wide left — missing the protective netting — to the astonishment of 74,511 fans even though the flags atop the goal posts revealed a com-plete lack of wind.

The relieved Bengals called tails and the coin landed heads.

Unlike Patriots coach Bill Belichick a day earlier, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak chose to receive, and Denver

drove 60 yards in 13 plays. Both Emmanuel Sanders and Owen Dan-iels limped off during the drive.

Osweiler, making his sixth straight start in place of Peyton Manning, also banged an elbow in the frenetic final minutes but stayed in.

McManus then redeemed himself by splitting the uprights from 37 yards out five minutes into the extra period.

Then, it was up to the league’s best defence to seal the deal.

NHLEASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 StrkMontreal 38 21 14 2 1 110 95 45 11-6-2-0 10-8-0-1 2-8-0-0 W-1Florida 36 20 12 3 1 98 83 44 10-6-2-0 10-6-1-1 7-3-0-0 W-6Detroit 36 18 11 5 2 93 94 43 11-7-3-1 7-4-2-1 4-3-1-2 L-1

METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 StrkWashington 35 27 6 2 0 110 72 56 14-3-1-0 13-3-1-0 9-1-0-0 W-8N.Y. Rangers 37 20 13 2 2 107 98 44 14-5-1-0 6-8-1-2 3-6-1-0 L-1N.Y. Islanders 36 19 12 3 2 97 85 43 12-6-2-0 7-6-1-2 5-4-1-0 L-1

WILD CARD GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 StrkBoston 35 19 12 3 1 108 94 42 8-9-2-0 11-3-1-1 5-4-1-0 L-3Ottawa 36 18 12 2 4 108 105 42 10-4-1-3 8-8-1-1 4-5-0-1 W-1Tampa Bay 37 18 15 1 3 95 88 40 9-7-0-2 9-8-1-1 5-4-0-1 L-1New Jersey 36 17 14 1 4 84 90 39 7-8-1-2 10-6-0-2 4-4-0-2 L-1Pittsburgh 35 17 15 1 2 79 86 37 9-7-0-2 8-8-1-0 3-6-0-1 L-1Philadelphia 35 15 13 4 3 76 96 37 8-5-2-2 7-8-2-1 5-3-0-2 L-1Carolina 36 15 16 4 1 85 103 35 7-8-2-1 8-8-2-0 6-3-1-0 W-2Buffalo 36 15 17 1 3 85 94 34 8-10-1-1 7-7-0-2 4-5-0-1 L-1Toronto 34 13 14 3 4 89 94 33 6-5-3-2 7-9-0-2 5-3-2-0 W-1Columbus 38 13 22 2 1 92 120 29 5-8-2-1 8-14-0-0 2-6-2-0 L-3

WESTERN CONFERENCECENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 StrkDallas 37 27 7 1 2 129 91 57 15-4-0-0 12-3-1-2 7-2-0-1 W-1St. Louis 38 22 12 3 1 95 90 48 12-6-2-0 10-6-1-1 6-4-0-0 L-1Minnesota 35 19 10 6 0 95 84 44 14-5-1-0 5-5-5-0 5-3-2-0 W-1

PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 StrkLos Angeles 35 22 11 1 1 93 79 46 11-6-0-0 11-5-1-1 6-3-1-0 W-2Arizona 35 17 15 3 0 95 109 37 9-5-2-0 8-10-1-0 4-4-2-0 W-1Vancouver 38 14 15 7 2 93 109 37 6-7-3-0 8-8-4-2 5-4-0-1 L-1

WILD CARD GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 StrkChicago 37 20 13 4 0 97 89 44 14-5-1-0 6-8-3-0 6-4-0-0 L-2Nashville 36 18 12 5 1 97 92 42 12-5-2-1 6-7-3-0 5-4-1-0 W-1San Jose 34 17 15 2 0 93 94 36 4-9-0-0 13-6-2-0 3-5-2-0 W-1Calgary 35 17 16 1 1 96 116 36 12-5-0-0 5-11-1-1 8-2-0-0 W-2Colorado 36 17 17 2 0 100 99 36 6-8-2-0 11-9-0-0 6-3-1-0 L-2Winnipeg 35 16 17 1 1 93 104 34 10-5-1-0 6-12-0-1 5-5-0-0 W-1Edmonton 37 15 19 3 0 95 113 33 10-5-1-0 5-14-2-0 5-4-1-0 L-2Anaheim 34 13 15 5 1 66 87 32 9-5-3-1 4-10-2-0 5-4-1-0 W-1

Los Angeles 5 Vancouver 0Minnesota 3 Detroit 1Montreal 4 Tampa Bay 3 (SO)Nashville 5 N.Y. Rangers 3Washington 2 Buffalo 0Colorado at San Jose

Ottawa 3 Boston 1Toronto 3 N.Y. Islanders 1Florida 3 Columbus 2Dallas 3 St. Louis 0Carolina 2 Chicago 1Winnipeg 1 Pittsburgh 0Anaheim 4 Philadelphia 2Arizona 2 Colorado 1 (OT)Calgary 5 Edmonton 3

Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m.Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Montreal at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Chicago at Arizona, 9 p.m.Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST W L T Pct PF PAy-New England (1) 12 3 0 .800 455 295N.Y. Jets (6) 10 5 0 .667 370 292Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 357 342Miami 5 10 0 .333 290 379

NORTHy-Cincinnati (3) 11 4 0 .733 395 263Pittsburgh 9 6 0 .600 395 307Baltimore 5 10 0 .333 312 377Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 266 404

SOUTHHouston (4) 8 7 0 .533 309 307Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 303 384Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 370 418Tennessee 3 12 0 .200 275 393

WESTx-Denver (2) 11 4 0 .733 328 276x-Kansas City (5) 10 5 0 .667 382 270Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST W L T Pct PF PAy-Washington (4) 8 7 0 .533 354 356Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 342 400N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 390 407Dallas 4 11 0 .267 252 340

NORTHx-Green Bay (3) 10 5 0 .667 355 303x-Minnesota (5) 10 5 0 .667 345 289Detroit 6 9 0 .400 334 380Chicago 6 9 0 .400 315 373

SOUTHy-Carolina (1) 14 1 0 .933 462 298Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 322 325Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 332 379New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 388 459

WESTy-Arizona (2) 13 2 0 .867 483 277x-Seattle (6) 9 6 0 .600 387 271St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 264 311San Francisco 4 11 0 .267 219 371x - clinched playoff berth; y - clinched division; conference & wild-card seedings in parentheses.WEEK 16

Denver 20 Cincinnati 17 (OT)

Arizona 38 Green Bay 8Atlanta 20 Carolina 13Baltimore 20 Pittsburgh 17Buffalo 16 Dallas 6Chicago 26 Tampa Bay 21Detroit 32 San Francisco 17Houston 34 Tennessee 6Indianapolis 18 Miami 12Kansas City 17 Cleveland 13Minnesota 49 N.Y. Giants 17New Orleans 38 Jacksonville 27N.Y. Jets 26 New England 20 (OT)St. Louis 23 Seattle 17

Washington 38 Philadelphia 24

Oakland 23 San Diego 20 (OT)WEEK 17

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.New England at Miami, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.San Diego at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.Oakland at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4:25 p.m.Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BOWLSMondayMILITARY BOWL

Navy 44 Pittsburgh 28QUICK LANE BOWL

Minnesota 21 Central Michigan 14

ARMED FORCES BOWL

Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 2 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBCleveland 20 9 .690 —Atlanta 20 13 .606 2Indiana 18 12 .600 21/2Miami 18 12 .600 21/2Toronto 19 13 .594 21/2Chicago 17 12 .586 3Orlando 18 13 .581 3Boston 18 13 .581 3Charlotte 17 13 .567 31/2Detroit 17 14 .548 4Washington 14 15 .483 6New York 14 18 .438 71/2Milwaukee 12 20 .375 91/2Brooklyn 9 22 .290 12Philadelphia 2 31 .061 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBGolden State 29 1 .967 —San Antonio 27 6 .818 31/2Oklahoma City 21 10 .677 81/2L.A. Clippers 19 13 .594 11Dallas 18 13 .581 111/2Memphis 17 16 .515 131/2Houston 16 16 .500 14Utah 13 16 .448 151/2Portland 13 20 .394 171/2Denver 12 19 .387 171/2Sacramento 12 19 .387 171/2Phoenix 12 21 .364 181/2Minnesota 11 20 .355 181/2New Orleans 10 21 .323 191/2L.A. Lakers 5 27 .156 25

Brooklyn 111 Miami 105Charlotte 108 L.A. Lakers 98Chicago 104 Toronto 97Cleveland 101 Phoenix 97Dallas 103 Milwaukee 93Golden State 122 Sacramento 103Indiana 93 Atlanta 87L.A. Clippers 108 Washington 91Orlando 104 New Orleans 89San Antonio 101 Minnesota 95Utah 95 Philadelphia 91

Boston 100 New York 91Memphis 112 L.A. Lakers 96Oklahoma City 122 Denver 112Portland 98 Sacramento 94

Detroit at New York, 7:30 p.m.Miami at Memphis, 8 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 8 p.m.Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 9 p.m.

Brooklyn at Orlando, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Denver at Portland, 10 p.m.

NBA SCORING LEADERS G FG FT PTS AVGCurry, GS 29 294 171 893 30.8Harden, Hou 32 266 292 910 28.4Durant, OkC 25 231 145 666 26.6James, Cle 27 264 142 696 25.8Westbrook, OkC 31 277 195 791 25.5Cousins, Sac 22 184 157 551 25.0George, Ind 29 231 168 718 24.8Lillard, Por 29 243 144 712 24.6Davis, NO 27 237 148 637 23.6Griffin, LAC 30 281 129 697 23.2DeRozan, Tor 31 236 220 704 22.7Anthony, NY 30 230 150 656 21.9

No Scoring. — Weber Buf (interference) 5:17.

1. Washington, Ovechkin 18 (Backstrom, Oshie) 0:192. Washington, Beagle 6 (Wilson) 12:55.

— Beagle Wash (slashing)

10:49, Chorney Wash (interference) 14:10.No Scoring.

— Wilson Wash (interference) 7:50.

Washington 9 7 10—26Buffalo 10 12 9—31

— Washington: Holtby (W, 23-4-1). Buffalo: Ullmark (L, 5-8-2).

— Washington: 0-1; Buffalo: 0-3.Attendance — 19,070 at Buffalo, N.Y.

1. Montreal, Plekanec 8 (Subban, Andrighetto) 15:58

— Killorn TB (hooking) 2:03, Plekanec Mtl (delay of game) 20:00.

2. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 13 (Filppula, Stralman) 5:40 (pp)3. Montreal, Galchenyuk 9 (Markov, Petry) 9:57

— Markov Mtl (hooking) 5:15.

4. Tampa Bay, Garrison 4 (Killorn) 13:215. Tampa Bay, Callahan 5 (Filppula, Sustr) 13:426. Montreal, Weise 11 (Desharnais, Pacioretty) 14:14

— Mitchell Mtl (hooking) 15:32.

Note: winning team is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column.

No Scoring. — None.

— Galchenyuk, miss; Flynn, goal; Pacioretty, goal; Tampa Bay

— Marchessault, miss; Filppula, goal; Kucherov, miss.

Montreal 14 8 10 2—34Tampa Bay 11 16 11 1—39

— Montreal: Condon (W, 10-9-3); Tampa Bay: Bishop (SOL, 15-11-3). Power

— Montreal: 0-1; Tampa Bay: 1-3.Attendance — 19,092 at Tampa, Fla.

1. Minnesota, Coyle 9 (Niederreiter) 11:42 — Abdelkader Det (high-

sticking) 12:35, Spurgeon Minn (interfer-ence) 17:56.

No Scoring. — Suter Minn, Abdelkader Det

(roughing) 19:44.

2. Minnesota, Koivu 9 (Dumba, Parise) 17:42 (pp)3. Detroit, Datsyuk 4 (Abdelkader, Smith) 18:034. Minnesota, Koivu 10 (Parise) 18:56 (en)

— Niederreiter Minn (cross-checking) 10:42, Green Det (interference) 16:46.

Detroit 11 7 11—29Minnesota 9 10 16—35

— Detroit: Mrazek (L, 11-7-3). Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 15-10-2). Power

— Detroit: 0-2; Minnesota: 1-2.Attendance — 19,110 at St. Paul, Minn.

1. Los Angeles, Toffoli 15 (Kopitar, Lucic) 15:33

— McNabb LA, Biega Vcr (roughing) 0:31, Pedan Vcr, Nolan LA

(roughing) 8:45, Pearson LA (holding) 12:36, Weal LA (slashing) 18:24.

2. Los Angeles, Forbort 1 (Lewis) 1:573. Los Angeles, McNabb 2 (Kopitar) 11:57

— None.

4. Los Angeles, Toffoli 16 (Kopitar, Martinez) 5:555. Los Angeles, Toffoli 17 (Doughty, Kopitar) 12:56 (pp)

— Dorsett Vcr (slashing) 12:22, Forbort LA (hooking) 16:07, Muzzin LA (slashing) 17:53, Burrows Vcr (high-sticking) 18:18.

Los Angeles 16 10 11—37Vancouver 9 9 8—26

— Los Angeles: Quick (W, 19-9-1); Vancouver: Markstrom (L, 3-4-3). Power

— Los Angeles: 1-3; Vancouver: 0-4.Attendance — 18,570 at Vancouver.

1. Nashville, Forsberg 10 (Josi) 18:56 (pp) — Brassard NYR (roughing) 18:33.

2. N.Y. Rangers, Fast 6 (Girardi, Kreider) 6:593. Nashville, Neal 14 (Ribeiro, Wilson) 13:48

— Wilson Nash (tripping) 14:56.

4. Nashville, Smith 8 (Josi, Ribeiro) 7:345. Nashville, Ellis 4 (Jones, Ribeiro) 9:52 (pp)6. Nashville, Neal 15 (Jarnkrok, Salomaki) 11:137. N.Y. Rangers, Nash 11, 13:208. N.Y. Rangers, Miller 8 (Stepan) 16:02

— Moore NYR (hooking) 8:29.

N.Y. Rangers 6 14 9—29Nashville 15 11 9—35

— N.Y. Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 16-10-3); Nashville: Rinne (W, 15-10-6);

— N.Y. Rangers: 0-1; Nashville: 2-2.Attendance — 17,317 at Nashville, Tenn.

LATE SUNDAY

1. Edmonton, Pouliot 6 (Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins) 16:212. Edmonton, Pouliot 7 (Nugent-Hopkins, Eberle) 18:11

— None.

3. Calgary, Gaudreau 16 (Brodie, Colborne) 3:104. Edmonton, Purcell 9 (Hall, Draisaitl) 10:215. Calgary, Stajan 2 (Granlund, Brodie) 12:52 (sh)6. Calgary, Giordano 8 (Wideman, Hudler) 16:47 (pp)7. Calgary, Gaudreau 17, 19:28

— Schultz Edm (hooking) 8:09, Colborne Cal (holding stick) 12:02, Hendricks Edm (slashing) 15:48.

8. Calgary, Giordano 9 (Hamilton, Back-lund) 18:00 (pp)

— Schultz Edm (hooking) 16:11.

Edmonton 8 12 11—31Calgary 10 20 7—37

— Edmonton: Nilsson (L, 10-10-1); Talbot (3rd period 3rd period). Calgary: Ramo (W, 13-10-1).

— Edmonton: 0-1; Calgary: 2-3.Attendance — 19,289 at Calgary.

NHL SCORING LEADERS G A PtKane, Chi 21 29 50Benn, Dal 23 26 49Seguin, Dal 20 27 47Hall, Edm 15 25 40Karlsson, Ott 9 31 40Tarasenko, StL 22 17 39Gaudreau, Cal 17 22 39D. Sedin, Vcr 16 21 37Pavelski, SJ 18 18 36Wheeler, Wpg 10 25 35Hoffman, Ott 17 16 33Steen, StL 12 21 33Cammalleri, NJ 12 21 33Bergeron, Bos 12 21 33

WHLWESTERN CONFERENCEB.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtKelowna 37 27 9 1 0 138 104 55Victoria 37 22 12 1 2 125 90 47Pr. George 36 22 12 1 1 123 103 46Kamloops 34 17 13 3 1 120 106 38Vancouver 37 13 19 3 2 106 129 31

U.S. DIVISIONSeattle 34 19 12 3 0 113 102 41Everett 33 19 12 0 2 91 74 40Spokane 35 18 13 3 1 117 117 40Portland 34 17 16 1 0 118 112 35Tri-City 35 14 19 2 0 109 135 30

EASTERN CONFERENCEEAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA PtBrandon 36 22 11 1 2 137 102 47Pr. Albert 35 21 11 2 1 114 104 45Moose Jaw 35 18 12 4 1 121 107 41Regina 36 15 16 3 2 110 127 35Saskatoon 34 13 18 3 0 104 144 29Swift Current 35 10 21 3 1 78 113 24

CENTRAL DIVISIONLethbridge 36 25 11 0 0 153 109 50Calgary 39 24 13 1 1 130 117 50Red Deer 37 24 13 0 0 133 111 48Edmonton 38 15 19 4 0 106 124 34Medicine Hat 35 12 19 3 1 112 139 28Kootenay 38 6 30 2 0 72 161 14

Calgary 3 Kootenay 2Edmonton 3 Red Deer 1Kelowna 3 Kamloops 2Prince George 3 Victoria 2 (SO)

Brandon 6 Regina 3Calgary 4 Kootenay 0Kelowna 2 Kamloops 1Lethbridge 5 Medicine Hat 4 (OT)Moose Jaw 4 Swift Current 0Portland 5 Tri-City 4 (OT)Prince Albert 6 Saskatoon 2Red Deer 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)Spokane 3 Seattle 0Vancouver 4 Everett 2Victoria 6 Prince George 2

Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6 p.m.Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.Prince Albert at Swift Current, 6 p.m.Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.Spokane at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.Swift Current at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m.Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.Prince George at Vancouver, 8 p.m.Everett at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Kootenay, 4 p.m.Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.Seattle at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 1 p.m.Brandon at Edmonton, 2 p.m.Victoria at Kamloops, 3 p.m.Kelowna at Everett, 3:05 p.m.Swift Current at Regina, 6 p.m.

BCHLISLAND DIVISION GP W L T OTL GF GA PtNanaimo 37 24 12 0 1 151 117 49Cowichan 36 18 13 2 3 126 154 41Powell River 34 18 14 0 2 119 98 38Victoria 38 14 20 0 4 102 112 32Alberni Vall. 35 13 19 2 1 98 136 29

MAINLAND DIVISION GP W L T OTL GF GA PtChilliwack 34 23 7 1 3 138 80 50Wenatchee 36 21 10 3 2 122 83 47Langley 35 21 13 1 0 137 108 43Coquitlam 36 15 16 1 4 117 142 35Pr. George 37 9 26 0 2 84 164 20Surrey 34 5 28 1 0 84 175 11

INTERIOR DIVISION GP W L T OTL GF GA PtPenticton 36 31 4 1 0 150 76 63Salmon Arm 34 21 9 2 2 142 97 46W.Kelowna 36 20 14 0 2 137 128 42Vernon 39 16 20 0 3 161 131 35Trail 36 17 19 0 0 111 143 34Merritt 37 12 23 0 2 126 161 26WednLangley at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.Alberni Valley at Powell River, 7 p.m.West Kelowna at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

Coquitlam at Merritt, 4 p.m.Alberni Valley at Powell River, 5 p.m.

IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

PRELIMINARY ROUNDGROUP A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PtSweden 2 2 0 0 0 9 3 6U.S. 2 1 0 0 1 4 3 3

Denmark 2 1 0 0 1 3 7 3Switzrlnd 2 0 0 0 2 4 10 0

GROUP B GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PtRussia 2 1 1 0 0 8 5 5Czech Rep. 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 4Finland 2 1 0 0 1 10 6 3Slovakia 2 1 0 0 1 4 4 3Belarus 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 0Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout loss.

Canada 6 Denmark 1Czech Republic 2 Slovakia 0Russia 6 Finland 4Sweden 1 United States 0

Slovakia 4 Belarus 2Denmark 2 Switzerland 1

Russia vs. Belarus, 11 a.m.Canada vs. Switzerland, 1 p.m.

Belarus vs. Czech Republic, 7 a.m.Denmark vs. Sweden, 9 a.m.Finland vs. Slovakia, 11 a.m.Switzerland vs. United States, 1 p.m.

Slovakia vs. Russia, 7 a.m.United States vs. Denmark, 9 a.m.Czech Republic vs. Finland, 11 a.m.Sweden vs. Canada, 1 p.m.

1. Denmark, True 1 (From, Krogsgaard) 12:492. Canada, Beauvillier 1 (Barzal, Chartier) 13:52

— None.

3. Canada, Quenneville 1 (Marner, Point) 1:144. Canada, Barzal 2 (Chabot, Hicketts) 5:03 (pp)5. Canada, Crouse 1 (Konecny, Dermott) 5:546. Canada, Marner 1 (Strome, Point) 11:30

— From Den (slashing) 3:13, Rondbjerg Den (delay of game) 9:17, Chabot Cda (slashing) 13:20.

7. Canada, Strome 2 (Point) 9:32 (pp) — From Den (delay of game)

3:47, Olsen Den (roughing) 8:20, True Den (delay of game) 10:56, Marner Cda (interference) 12:10.

Denmark 4 7 0—11Canada 19 21 18—58

— Denmark: Seldrup (L,0-1-0); Canada: McDonald (W,1-1-0). Power

— Denmark: 0-2; Canada: 2-5.Attendance — 5,891 at Helsinki.

SPENGLER CUP

PRELIMINARY ROUNDGROUP A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt

2 2 0 0 0 4 1 6Yektrinbrg 2 1 0 0 0 6 3 3Davos 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 0

GROUP B GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Ptx-Lugano 2 1 0 0 1 10 9 3Helsinki 2 1 0 0 1 9 9 3Mannheim 2 1 0 0 1 8 9 3xNote: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout loss. .

Canada 2 HC Davos 0Jokerit Helsinki 6 HC Lugano 4

Adler Mannheim 5 Jokerit Helsinki 3Automobilist Yekaterinberg 5 HC Davos 1

Jokerit Helsinki vs. HC Davos, 9 a.m.Automobilist Yekaterinberg vs. Adler Mannheim, 2:15 p.m.

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381 Execute perfectly (4)

383 Death notice (4)

385 Won Grammy for Tony Bennett duet (4)

386 Actor __ Perry turned 49 (4)

387 Addiction support group turned 80 (2)

388 At the end of a pencil (6)

391 Spoon-bender Geller (3)

393 Fizzy drink (4)

395 Relax (4)

397 His engagement to Charlize Theron

ended (4)

399 Network with second highest no. of

viewers (3)

400 Jewel (3)

401 Unit in Indian numbering system (5)

403 This Friends star got hitched (7)

405 Video sharing site turned 10 (7)

407 Gets up (5)

409 Rapper Dr. __ turned 50 (3)

410 Captain’s journal (3)

411 European Commission; abbr. (2)

416 Home to Nashville; abbr. (2)

417 Action fi gure __ Joe turned 51 (2)

419 Food container (3)

422 Seattle’s home; abbr. (2)

423 Her name used to be Bruce (7,6)

424 This Doctor Zhivago star died (4,6)

426 This soap opera debuted 50 yrs ago

(4,2,3,5)

431 To share a Tweet (2)

433 Where surgeons work (2)

435 This martial arts expert actor turned 75

(5,6)

436 Microsoft founder turned 60 (4,5)

441 Precursor of this fast food giant opened

75 yrs ago (9)

443 Sonny & Cher released this hit 50 yrs ago

(1,3,3,4)

444 Free the Children’s youth event: __ Day (2)

445 A person profi cient in a sport (7)

447 A support group for compulsive eaters (2)

454 Casual form of hello (2)

461 This world peace-promoting org. turned

70 (2)

467 Drug given before surgery (10)

468 Pillsbury’s mascot turned 50 (8)

469 Rocker __ Stewart turned 70 (3)

470 Desperate (8)

472 Having light-colored locks (4-6)

473 Lithuania’s country code (2)

476 Ballet attire (4)

477 Board game about drawing turned 30

(10)

478 New pre-human species discovered (4,6)

480 He beat Pacquiao (10)

481 Beatles drummer turned 75 (5,5)

483 Symbol for dysprosium (2)

485 The Hawkeye State; abbr. (2)

487 He created fi rst web server 25 yrs ago

(3,7-3)

488 This American Idol had a son (6,9)

489 This Hollywood Wives author passed (6,7)

DOWN 1 U.S. Open was played near this Puget Sound

city (6)

2 Pre-VEEP, Julia Louis-Dreyfus played her (6)

3 Yellow-fl owering Eurasian primroses (6)

4 Used in sewing (6)

5 __ Wilson released three movies this year (4)

6 4th movie released in former-Mel-Gibson

franchise (3,3)

7 Mag that put Muhammad Ali on Oct. cover

(2)

8 Talk (4)

10 Spookily (6)

11 To deceive (4,2)

12 Ground-dwelling S. American bird (7)

13 Off ering something as a guarantee of

good faith (archaic) (6)

14 Gave a name to a book (6)

15 Thomas Edison’s middle name (4)

16 __ Sheeran won People’s Choice for best

album (2)

17 Wild goats (6)

18 Membrane covering an embryo (6)

19 To remove contaminants (6)

20 East Timor town with a sister city of

Madison, WI (6)

21 A metal in the platinum group (6)

22 Nashville actress __ Panettiere got Teen

Choice nom. (6)

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DOWN 24 Make amends (5)

25 Stogie (5)

27 __ Marley would have turned 70 this year

(3)

28 Cheerios grain (3)

34 This health org. said rubella was gone

from the Americas (3)

37 Strongest (9)

39 Dire fate (4)

41 Judge who didn’t return to Dancing with

the Stars (3)

42 Bachelor’s new villain: __ Bailey (3)

44 A proposed space time capsule (3)

47 Spy agency faced lawsuit (3)

49 Yellowfi n tuna (3)

50 A deliberate fi re (5)

51 Home to La Paz (7)

52 A Caribbean percussion group (5,4)

53 __ Affl eck divorced Jen Garner (3)

55 Intelligence exhibited by machines; abbr.

(2)

56 Company; abbr. (2)

57 Poet __ Eliot died 50 yrs ago (2)

58 Seventh note of scale (2)

59 For example; abbr. (2)

61 A mistress (5,5)

62 Emmy’s lead actor __ Hamm (3)

63 Justifi ed (9)

64 The results of cross-breeding plants or

cars (7)

65 Actor __ Tyler Ferguson turned 40 (5)

66 A good buddy (3)

69 Drifted (6)

70 Zero gravity simulator; abbr. (3)

71 Important, or nota bene; abbr. (2)

73 Colored glass spheres; toys (7)

74 Not guilty (8)

75 To stretch for something (5)

77 A test or practice (3,3)

78 The __ Yorker turned 90 (3)

79 A standard, or a point of reference (9)

80 These disastrous events spread, due to

drought (9)

82 Short word used in similes (2)

84 Crafty (3)

85 Mozart’s L’__ del Cairo (3)

87 Tunisia’s Internet code (2)

88 Horror director who died (3,6)

90 Hawaiian dish (3)

92 Nile Kinnick’s hometown (4)

95 It’s no big deal; abbr. (4)

96 Inquires (4)

97 Much __ About Nothing (3)

99 Flags with slogans (7)

101 Computer-delivered messages (1-4)

103 Lecherous look (4)

104 Comic Hughley goes by these initials (2)

105 Home of the Whopper; abbr. (2)

106 __ Rock released his 10th album (3)

107 Beloved and admired (6)

109 Element no. 33 (7)

112 Cassia trees; natural laxatives (6)

114 Stomach muscle (2)

119 Physically weak (5)

121 Element with atomic no. 70; abbr. (2)

122 Better Call __ debuted (4)

124 Pen point (3)

126 Sweet potato (3)

127 Angers (5)

128 14th letter of alphabet (2)

130 Caribou kin (3)

131 Desire (5)

133 Exchange-traded note; abbr. (3)

136 Huh? (2)

137 Orderly (4)

139 Be in pain (4)

140 Actor __ LaBeouf was arrested again (4)

143 A tulip sprouts from this (4)

144 Metal in rocks (3)

146 Breakfast food (3)

148 An expression that is a pause in speech

(2)

149 Diver __ Louganis turned 55 (4)

151 Thailand, once (4)

153 French word for ‘and’ (2)

154 AK ghost town, destroyed by ‘64

tsunami (4)

155 Little Rock’s home; abbr. (2)

156 Bearded animal (4)

157 Shenanigan (4)

158 Defi nite article (3)

160 A light lunch choice (5)

162 Airplane assignment (4)

164 Run amok (4)

166 Angel’s disk of light (4)

167 Road goo (3)

168 Hackneyed (5)

170 Restroom sign (3)

172 Count calories (4)

174 Roller coaster feature (4)

176 Nightclubs (4)

177 Ring up (4)

178 Dash lengths (3)

179 Barbie’s beau turned 54 (3)

180 Opposite of on (3)

181 American Sniper star turned 40 (7,6)

183 Rocks, to a bartender (3)

185 New Mexico art community (4)

187 A small drink of a spirit (4)

188 Past participle of see (4)

189 Wren or hen (4)

190 Price dropped of this black gold (3)

191 Legendary female jazz singer born 100

yrs ago (6,7)

192 Men’s formal wear (3)

193 Japanese money (3)

194 Holy leader visited U.S. & Cuba (4,7)

195 Mamma __ closed on Broadway (3)

196 Psychic power (3)

198 Highway (4)

200 Quick haircut (4)

201 __ Levine did his 9th season of The Voice

(4)

202 Make music via voice (4)

203 Father (3)

204 Number of times a weight is lifted (3)

205 Apprentice star running for prez (6,5)

209 Quentin __ released 8th fi lm (9)

211 Empty promises (4)

213 Former graduate (4)

214 Jets or Sharks, for example (4)

215 One __: the year’s biggest selling group

(9)

218 Oscar’s best picture (7)

220 Country legalized same sex marriage in

ntl vote (7)

223 Particulars (7)

225 Got on a train (7)

226 Tavern (3)

227 Banned on cross-country fl ights 25 yrs

ago (7)

229 A group of 4 musicians (7)

232 Grammy’s best new artist __ Smith (3)

234 Excessively sentimental (5)

236 Siesta (5)

237 Atlantic fi sh (3)

242 Short snooze (3)

244 A navigation system (3)

245 Little lie (3)

246 Embargo (3)

258 Second person pronoun (3)

259 Allows (4)

260 __ Stefani split from her husband (4)

262 Slipped (4)

263 Peas grow in this (3)

268 Anger (4)

269 Skinny (4)

270 Pledge (4)

272 Snare (4)

277 Girl (3)

278 Unpleasant person (British term) (3)

279 Low, steady continuous sounds (4)

280 Murder (4)

281 Capacity (4)

283 Excursion (4)

285 Business support systems; abbr. (3)

286 Nothing (3)

288 Morning moisture (3)

289 Roswell sighting (3)

291 Carnival attractions (5)

292 Ribonucleic acid; abbr. (3)

293 Napkins tied around the neck (4)

294 A combustible dark ‘rock’ (4)

295 __ Galloway fi nished 3rd in Dancing with

the Stars (4)

297 Confess (4)

299 Do fi lm work (3)

300 Entrances to rooms (5)

301 Egyptian cobra (3)

302 By way of (3)

304 Industrious insect (3)

305 Highs and __ (4)

306 Multitude (4)

308 Get ready (4)

310 Daytime TV off ering (4)

312 Don Johnson’s new character (3)

314 Shower alternative (4)

315 Feudal estate (4)

316 Blood-carrying body part (4)

318 One who completes school (4)

320 Dang (4)

322 This Love Bug actor passed (4,5)

323 Shipwreck discovered 30 yrs ago (7)

324 When water heats up (5)

325 Diminutive (3)

326 To joke around (4)

327 Digestive juice (4)

328 She and Tiger Woods split (4)

329 TV show about high-school singers

ended (4)

331 Spoken (4)

333 This NASA probe reached dwarf planet

Ceres (4)

335 Halloween month; abbr. (3)

336 Pester (5)

337 A salty, doughy treat (7)

338 Weapon fi rst used on large scale, 100 yrs

ago (6,3)

340 Arid (3)

341 __ and paper mill (4)

342 Windmill blade (4)

343 Peter Gabriel’s fi fth album (2)

344 Abbreviation of saint or street (2)

346 Untidy person (4)

348 Van Gogh’s mistress (4)

350 Body part Van Gogh sliced off (3)

352 Purple fl owering shrub (5)

353 Despise (4)

354 A round, fl attish cap (5)

355 Knight’s title (3)

357 Makes a mistake (4)

359 Approaches (5)

362 Table part (3)

363 Body of water (4)

364 Where you fi nd Cape Town; abbr. (2)

366 Uncouth person (4)

368 Fashion icon Christian __ born 110 yrs

ago (4)

370 Expire (3)

372 Lunch meat (3)

373 Malay dress: baju __ (6)

374 A martial art: __ chi (3)

375 Conformity to established standards of

behavior (9)

376 Common ship prefi x (2)

377 Prolongs (9)

378 A medicine (4)

380 Newsroom boss (6)

382 Psychedelic drug (3)

384 U.K. broadcaster that fi red Top Gear host

(3)

385 Receiving (7)

386 __ and behold (2)

387 Conjunction (3)

389 Indefi nite article (2)

390 Stock symbol for a big audit fi rm (2)

392 Footnote note (4)

394 Dream on (2,2)

396 Turncoat (7)

398 Immediately (3)

402 Reunite with a group (6)

404 Brazilian dance (5)

406 Prefi x meaning one (3)

408 As much as needed (6)

412 CNN misidentifi ed __ Reagan (5)

413 This stretchy fabric turned 57 (5)

414 Abominable snowman (4)

415 Question answered with ‘because’ (3)

418 Belonging to me (2)

420 Moves briskly (5)

421 A bowler hat (5)

425 To and __ (3)

427 Competent (4)

428 Middling; nothing special (2-2)

429 Now obsolete video format (3)

430 High-pitched woodwind instrument;

abbr. (2)

432 Dynamite (3)

434 __ and fl ow (3)

436 To exist (2)

437 Calif. city with worst heat wave in a

century (2)

438 Opposite of stop (2)

439 Thanks, in baby talk (2)

440 Silence! (2)

441 New hit: Love __ Like You Do (2)

442 A common abbreviation for Germany (2)

444 Measurement side to side (5)

446 Kings of __ worked on seventh album (4)

448 Vienna’s home (7)

449 Rug (6)

450 A video camera that streams into a

computer (6)

451 Clothing (6)

452 35th anniversary of this Beatles’ death

(6)

453 A refl ective surface (6)

455 Sticky (5)

456 Enemies of the Inca (6)

457 Earl Anthony was one (6)

458 A First Nations gathering (6)

459 Italian-style ice cream (6)

460 Greek spirit of forgetfulness (5)

462 Italian sandwich (6)

463 Dreadful (6)

464 __ & Gretel (6)

465 Asian mountain sheep (6)

466 Trims or embellishes decor (6)

471 Take to court (3)

474 U2’s The __ fell off a stage (4)

475 __ Ruth hit his fi rst career home run 100

yrs ago (4)

479 Praiseful poem (3)

482 __ Pacino celebrated 75th birthday (2)

484 State with extensive auto racing history;

postal abbr. (2)

486 Rockers __/DC did another world tour (2)

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www.nanaimodailynews.com @NanaimoDaily DIVERSIONS 25TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2015

FOR BETTER OR WORSE

GARFIELD

ANDY CAPP

ZITS

CROSSWORD

SOMETHING NEW

ACROSS1 Fail to hit5 Top of a wave10 Tiresome one14 __ spumante wine15 State-run numbers game16 Affirm as true17 Hammer’s target18 Really annoy19 Specify20 Mouths off22 Swiss mountains23 Second half of a musical24 Chopped down26 Precise30 Sultan’s wives34 The one right here37 Pay by credit card40 Sailor’s “yes”41 War and Peace or

Ivanhoe44 Exist45 Peaceful state46 Remainder47 High-schoolers49 Velocity51 “How clumsy of me!”54 Word puzzle with

pictures58 Out of air, as a tire61 Breeze or gust65 Well lubricated66 Three-person bands67 Pleasant68 Hourly charge69 Lends a hand70 Gawk at71 Jogging pace72 Scornful look73 Garden intruder

DOWN1 __ ray (type of fish)2 Sir __ Newton3 Clown’s height enhancer4 Most smooth and lustrous5 Music staff symbol6 Lion sound7 Suffix for kitchen

8 Secret supply9 “__ best of my knowledge

. . .”10 Yellow-skin fruit11 Roundish shape12 Frolic13 Sheep females21 Half a dozen25 “At what time?”27 Farmland measure28 Poker token29 Mexican meals31 Four-star review

32 Holes in needles33 Thaw34 The one over there35 Give the job to36 “That makes sense”38 Speak hoarsely39 Great delight42 Approximately43 Advertiser’s urging48 “Maybe a little later”50 Make a blunder52 Hiking trails53 Ambulance sound55 Light brown56 Mom’s brother57 War horse58 Military outpost59 Untruthful one60 Voice above tenor62 Make angry63 Deal with difficulties64 Cold War adversary:

Abbr.

PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED

HAGAR HI AND LOIS

TUESDAY, DEC. 29

7:30 p.m. ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors, ‘

opera at Ecumenical Centre, 6234 Spartan Rd.

Tickets: Port Theatre, 250-754-8550 or

www.porttheatre.com..

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30

7 p.m. Dave Marco, at Smoke ‘n’ Water Restau-

rant, Pacific Shores Resort, 1-1600 Stroulger

Rd., Parksville.

THURSDAY, DEC. 31

5-8 p.m. Parksville free New Years Eve cele-

bration. Oceanside Place, 830 West Island

Highway, Parksville

5-10 p.m. Finale 2015: Nanaimo’s biggest

family New Year’s Eve event $32 family, $10 or

free two and under. Beban Park, 2300 Bowen

Rd., Nanaimo

8 p.m.-midnight New Years Eve Party,

includies a five-course dinner and champagne

toast. Tickets $89, Smoke ’n’ Water Restaurant,

1-1600 Stroulger Rd., Parksville.

FRIDAY, JAN. 1

Noon Parksville polar bear splash. A way to

start the year, as a participant, spectator or

volunteer. Register onsite at 11:30 am. Free

event. Phone RDN, Recreation and Parks 250-

752-5014. Parksville Community Park, 141 East

Island Highway.

SATURDAY, JAN. 2

7 p.m. Ladysmith Comedy Night. Music Hall

Food Co., 18 Roberts St., Ladysmith. Tickets $15

at the door.

SUNDAY, JAN. 3

Noon-4 p.m. Nanaimo Search and Rescue

Christmas tree chipping. Country Club Centre

Dairy Queen Parking Lot.

MONDAY, JAN. 4

4 p.m. Halbe Hall Monday Market, 8369 North

Island Highway, Black Creek. Wide variety of

vendors of fresh produce and baked goods,

arts and crafts. Free event.

TUESDAY, JAN. 5

6:30-9 p.m. VectorVest User Group was

formed by active stock market investors who

use the VectorVest system to identify oppor-

tunities in the stock market. Cost is $10. 741

third St., Nanaimo.

7-9 p.m. Country Idol at the Queen’s. The

annual talent search runs Tuesdays through

January, with a final show Feb.10. Singers 15

and up complete for $500 and a vocal appear-

ance with George Canyon Feb. 10.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6

7 p.m. Open Mic Acoustic night with Dave

Marco, every Wednesday at Smoke ‘n’ Water

Restaurant, Pacific Shores Resort, 1-1600

Stroulger Rd., Parksville

THURSDAY, JAN. 7

6:30 p.m. Parksville Newcomers’ monthly

meeting in the Parksville Community Centre,

132 Jensen St., Parksville

8:30-11:30 p.m. Nico Rhodes Trio, jazz and

classical elements. Vault Coffee House 499

Wallace St. Tickets $15, students $10.

7 p.m. Myc Sharratt, Ali Prince Live At Long-

wood A free live concert series every Thursday

at Longwood Brew Pub, 5775 Turner Rd.,

Nanaimo.

» EVENTS // EMAIL: [email protected]


CRYPTOQUOTEWORD FIND

PREVIOUS SUDOKO SOLVED

SUDOKU

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Take

charge and follow through, even

when the unexpected tosses you

into a dynamic situation. Others

often head down the same path as

you. You could be on top of a prob-

lem, but your leadership might be

questioned by those behind the

scenes. Tonight: Off to the gym.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Reach

out to others. You see a matter in a

more creative vein and are willing

to take action. You might wonder

whether a new attitude would help

you come to a better understand-

ing with others. A family member

wants to share how he or she feels.

Tonight: Fun is happening.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You

could be far more tired than you

have been in a while, as you have

been giving 100 percent to make

what you want happen. Someone

might be taking a stand, so try

to understand why. Allow your

imagination to lead the way, and

move forward. Tonight: Stay close

to home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Defer

to others and let them express

their ideas more often. You have

a tendency to monopolize the

moment. Let people know that you

value them. You might believe you

are right, but so do they. Try to be

more open-minded and receptive.

Tonight: A must appearance.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Pace

yourself; know what you must

do. Understand what is occur-

ring around you and prioritize.

Even when you decide to isolate

yourself, someone comes shining

through with an expression of his

or her affection. Tonight: Go with

the flow. Don’t swim against the

current.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Com-

plete some personal matters that

might be on hold. Observe rather

than act. Know your limits, and be

kind in conversations. Others will

respond with greater understand-

ing and a willingness to pitch in.

You will find a resolution to a diffi-

cult situation. Tonight: As you like it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You

could be overdoing it by using

your connections to carry your

perspective into predominance.

Consider what is happening, as

you suddenly might witness others

shutting down. You seem to be

pushing them more than you real-

ize. Tonight: Not to be seen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Take a

stand against someone’s pressure

to act a certain way. How you

express this opinion will make a

difference in how far your influence

goes. Ask yourself what you want

others to get out of your ability to

clarify the matter. Tonight: Indulge

yourself a little.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Your fiery personality will melt bar-

riers more quickly if you add that

touch of vulnerability that exists

within you. Understand what is

happening within your immediate

circle of friends. Listen to news, and

get to the bottom of a problem.

Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You

could be in touch with many dif-

ferent people in the afternoon. You

have a vision that will change dra-

matically after you get more feed-

back. Understand where others

are coming from. You will start to

understand the validity of all points

of view. Tonight: Open doors.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Others seek you out with a lot of

ideas and want feedback. On some

level, you will feel overwhelmed.

Decide where your interests lie.

Don’t feel so obligated that you feel

as if you can’t say “no” to someone.

Tonight: Talk with an important

friend or loved one.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) One-

on-one relating allows you to see a

different perspective; however, you

don’t have the luxury of stopping

what you are doing in order to

have this type of interaction. Wait

until you are free of obligations.

Your schedule will lighten up as a

result. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

YOUR BIRTHDAY for (Dec. 29)

This year you will turn a situation

around because of your endurance

and willingness to integrate new

information. Others admire these

abilities and often listen more

carefully to you because of them.

Acceptance and love seem to flow

from you. If you are single, others

buzz around you with interest. Do

not commit until you are good and

ready. If you are attached, the two

of you will enjoy each other even

more than you have in the past. In

fact, you often have a party just for

the two of you! VIRGO gets under

your skin, even if you like the way

he or she thinks.

BORN TODAY Actor Jude Law

(1972), actor Jon Voight (1938),

author Joe Vitale (1953)

HOROSCOPE (DEC. 25)

by Jacqueline Bigar

BABY BLUES

BC

BLONDIE

SOLUTION: AN INCREDIBLE ASSET

Previous Cryptoquote: MAY YOU RECEIVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL: PEACE AND LOVE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD — YOUR PUZZLE FRIENDS

◆ SHANGHAI

‘Star Wars’ producer expects it to do ‘very very’ well in China

The latest Star Wars movie broke the $1 bil-lion mark before fans in China could see it, but producers anticipate The Force Awakens will play “very very well” in the world’s second-big-gest film market.

The film opens in China on Jan. 9.Director J.J. Abrams watched the Chinese

premiere in Shanghai with a Chinese audience Sunday night.


◆ TORONTO

Justin Bieber manager feared star would die going on tour

Justin Bieber’s manager says he once feared for the Canadian pop sensation’s life.

Scooter Braun told The New York Times in an interview last week that Bieber wanted to go on tour in the midst of a series of incidents in the last couple of years that tarnished his public image.

“I honestly at that time felt, if he toured, he could die,” Braun told the Times.


Sands ~ Nanaimo250-753-2032

Zemlak, NicholasDecember 10, 1916 – December 21, 2015

Nicholas was released from his pain shortly before midnight on December 21, 2015.

As a young man, he worked the family farm before moving to BC to work in the logging and construction industries.

Retired for many years, he retained a bright mind and sharp wit until the end. Prior to his change of residence, he could always be found with a hammer in his hand, working on his many “projects” around his house (which he built) with his beloved dog, Ricky, by his side. A feisty fellow in his younger days, he mellowed into a dear man in his later years.

He was predeceased by his parents, siblings, former wife, Anne, son, Emil, and stepchildren, Mac and Rose.

Nicholas is survived by his daughter, Marcella; grandchildren, Danielle, Paul, and Dale; great-grandchildren, Jackson and Daelyn; stepson, Nat (Georgia); stepdaugh-ter, Stella; and numerous other grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

Many thanks to the caregivers he depended on so much during his last years. Special thanks to Dr. Barron and the doctors and nurses at NRGH, especially the Palliative Care Unit.

Service will be held at

1:00 PM on December 30, 2015

at Sands Funeral Chapel, 1 Newcastle Avenue,

Nanaimo, with a visitation prior.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made tothe Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation.

~ ANTONIA DOSEN ~Passed away peacefully on

December 18, 2015 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Pre-deceased by her husband Josip and lovingly remembered by her daughters Stefi cia (Archie), Rosa (Edward), Ann (Keith) and son Bob (Cindy); grandchildren Tashia, Andrea (Brandt), Robert (Nicola), Danielle (Paul), Thomas (Deanna), Melanie (Elie) and Christina (Marcus), eleven great-grand-children and her nieces, nephews and god-daughters and her many friends. The service will be held at

Sands Funeral Chapel Nanaimo on

January 6, 2016. Visitation at 11:00 am

prior to a service at 12:00 pm.

At Mom’s requested, a catered luncheon for family and friends will be held after the service.

The family would like to thank the many Doctors and Nurses at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for their care of their mother.

Flowers are gratefully declined. Those desiring to make a donation, can do so to either the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation,

or the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation.Sands ~ Nanaimo250-753-2032

Brian Reid MERRICKMay 29, 1939 – December 18, 2015

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Brian Reid Merrick on December 18, 2015. He was taken away far too quickly with a very aggressive form of colon cancer.

Brian was very gifted at many trades but craning was his love. For over 35 years, he was well known and respected in the crane industry. He loved his Peterbilt boom truck and he did what he loved doing completing his final job on December 10th for the City of Parksville, BC.

He had a full life and always had a story to tell. He loved yachting, RVing and could dance the night away.

He will be forever missed by his wife of 48 years, Della; son, Darren (wife Debbie) and grandchildren, Kyle and Alanna all of Nanaimo, BC; daughter, Charmaine (husband Gordon) and grandchildren, Mackenzie, Harrison and Wesley all of Olathe, Kansas. He also leaves behind two brothers, Lynn of 100 Mile House, Donald of New Westminster, and sister, Debbie of Port Coquitlam.

No service by request. To send a condolence to the family please visit at: www.yatesfuneral.ca

YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM

(1.877.264.3848) in care of arrangements.

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Manchester United, Chelsea draw 0-0

Manchester United delivered an improved perform-ance for beleaguered manager Louis van Gaal but couldn’t cure its scoring woes in a 0-0 draw against Chelsea that left his team five points off the Cham-pions League positions on Monday.

Van Gaal raised the prospect of quitting last weekend and this stalemate — United’s sixth 0-0 since Oct. 25 — leaves his position uncertain, with the 20-time English champions now winless in eight games in all competitions.

But there’s no doubt United played for its manager, with Juan Mata and Anthony Martial striking shots against the goal frame in the first half and both Ander Herrera and Wayne Rooney missing close-range chan-ces after the break.

“When the players are fighting for me, I stay,” Van Gaal said, “because that is the most important thing and you have seen that today.”

One goal in its last four home matches, though, tells its own story for United, which badly needs a striker in the January transfer window — whether or not Van Gaal is still in charge.

“There is not any reason to resign for me,” said Van Gaal, who brought up that possibility after the 2-0 loss at Stoke on Saturday. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Leonard’s quiet stardom gives blueprint for reserved youngster Andrew WigginsJON KRAWCZYNSKI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kawhi Leonard has quietly risen to stardom in San Antonio, hardly uttering a word as he captured an NBA Finals MVP, Defen-

sive Player of the Year award and a maximum contract extension this summer.

His dynamic play on both ends of the court stands in stark contrast to his whisper-quiet demeanour off of it, thereby challenging the theory a player in the NBA has to be out-spoken, brash and vocally assertive to be a true star.

In having the success he has in such short order with all the flair and charm that often accompany a star’s rise, he has provided the blueprint for Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins, another rising talent with little interest for self-pro-motion or on-court theatrics.

Wiggins won Rookie of the Year last season and is averaging more than 21 points per game in his second year while also showing signs of becoming a top-tier perimeter defender.

And even though he has been followed by cameras since he was a 14-year-old prodigy growing up in Toronto, Wiggins doesn’t seek out the spotlight. Actually, he much pre-fers it to be pointed elsewhere.

The similarities in game and per-sonality are so striking that Wolves veteran Kevin Garnett predicted the two would be going toe-to-toe for the next decade.

“Makes the matchup a little more personal,” Garnett said. “Although these two guys are quiet, their games are monstrous. Their games speak volumes. So don’t let the quietness fool you.

“Drew is coming into himself.

Kawhi is coming into himself. Should be a really, really good matchup for the future.”

Leonard dominated the matchup last week, holding Wiggins to two-for-11 shooting in a Spurs win in Minnesota. The two face each other in San Antonio on Monday.

The Wolves are taking the same approach with Wiggins as the Spurs did with Leonard. They’re not trying to force him to be something he is not.

“Everybody does it differently,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.

“You can’t change people. So with Kawhi, because he’s Kawhi, we just talk about communication on defence.

“Everybody, all coaches, moan and

groan about that. Other than that, he can be as quiet as he wants.”

REELING SUNSThe Phoenix Suns were the feel-

good story in the league two years ago, surprising everyone in coach Jeff Hornacek’s first year on the job with 48 victories. But chemistry issues have clouded the skies in Phoenix for the last two years, and they entered this season with disgruntled forward Markieff Morris expressing a desire to be traded.

Things came to a head last week when Morris was suspended for two games for throwing a towel at Hor-nacek and the Suns became just the second team this season to lose to the lowly Philadelphia 76ers. They

have lost six of their last seven games to fall to 12-20, guard Eric Bledsoe is out with a knee injury and the heat is on Hornacek to get things right.

“We’re just flat-out losing games and something’s got to change real quick,” forward P.J. Tucker said.

THINGS TO WATCH• Warriors at Rockets, Thursday: A

rematch of the Western Conference finals. Interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff has the Rockets playing better, and he blasted them after a loss to New Orleans on Saturday.

• 76ers at Lakers, Friday: Philadel-phia’s first victory this season came at home against Kobe and the Lak-ers. After they beat Phoenix, could the Sixers win twice in a week?

• Bulls rebound: After Jimmy But-ler called out coach Fred Hoiberg, the Bulls beat Oklahoma City on Christmas and went down swinging at Dallas. At 16-12, the sky is hardly falling, and they get three home games this week against Toronto, Indiana and New York.

• Joerger’s job: With the Memphis Grizzlies struggling to keep pace in the West, Dave Joerger could be the next coach to fall victim to an owner looking to shake things up.

• Bucks at Thunder, Tuesday: Milwaukee is the only team to beat Golden State. Oklahoma City is starting to play like a legit challen-ger in the West, giving the young Bucks another chance to get some attention.

STAT LINE OF THE WEEK: Kobe Bryant, Lakers: 31 points, five assists in a win over Denver. Bryant got off to a brutal start to the season offen-sively, leading to severe criticism of his approach on a young and rebuild-ing team. But this was vintage Kobe, right down to the dagger at the end.

San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard, centre, passes the ball as Minnesota

Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins (22) and centre Karl-Anthony Towns

defend on Monday in San Antonio. [AP PHOTO]

BARNES

NBA suspendsMatt Barnes after incident with coach THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The NBA suspended Memphis Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes two games without pay Mon-day for what the league said was a “physical altercation” with Derek Fisher and for “threatening” the New York Knicks coach in October.

The league investigated the Oct. 3 incident in Redondo Beach, California, between Barnes and Fish-er — former teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2010-12.

The Grizzlies had just wrapped up a week of training camp, and a per-son with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press in October the incident occurred while Fisher attended a gathering at the home of Barnes’ estranged wife, Gloria Govan. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no details were publicly released.

Redondo Beach police responded to an incident Oct. 3 but disclosed no information on the location or who was involved after finding no basis for criminal charges.

Barnes’ suspension will begin Tues-day night when the Grizzlies host Miami and includes Saturday night’s game at Utah.

The Grizzlies were off Monday after playing back-to-back games over the weekend.

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Snell, Gasol spark late surge as Bulls top Raptors 104-97THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Tony Snell and Pau Gasol each had 22 points, Derrick Rose added 20 and Chicago pulled away late to beat Toronto.

Snell, back in the rotation because of an injury to Doug McDermott, had 19 points in the final 17 1/2 minutes to spark the Bulls. Aaron Brooks scored 17 points and rookie Bobby Portis added 12 as the Chicago reserves outscored their counterparts 51-27. Kyle Lowry had 28 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 for Toronto. Jonas Valanciunas had nine points in 20 minutes off the bench after missing 17 games with a broken left hand.

PACERS 93, HAWKS 87Monta Ellis scored 26 points and

Indiana snapped Atlanta’s six-game

winning streak. Ellis had 15 points in the first half, and Ian Mahinmi finished with 13 points and nine rebounds.

With the Pacers leading by three, Ellis pulled up for a three-point attempt with 16 seconds to play. The ball bounced off the rim, but Mahin-mi was waiting for a tip-in that all but sealed it for Indiana.

MAGIC 104, PELICANS 89Nik Vucevic scored 28 points and

matched his career high with seven assists, leading Orlando over New Orleans.

Evan Fournier had 20 points, Tobias Harris added 14 and Andrew Nicholson scored 13 for the Magic, who used a pair of surges early in the third and fourth quarters to pull away. Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with 20 points and eight rebounds.

Tyreke Evans finished with 16 points and eight assists.

CLIPPERS 108, WIZARDS 91 Chris Paul scored 23 points,

reserve Jamal Crawford added 21 and Los Angeles again overcame Blake Griffin’s absence in beating Washington.

DeAndre Jordan had 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Clippers, who got 54 points from substitutes in their third straight win — second since Griffin was ruled out for at least two weeks with a quadriceps strain. Even the six-foot Paul helped make up for the loss of Griffin inside with a rare two-dunk performance. The Clippers never trailed and led by at least 10 throughout the last three quarters. John Wall had 23 points and 11 assists, and Marcin Gortat added 12 points and 16 rebounds.

Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson, right, tries to steal the ball from Toronto

Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan on Monday in Chicago. [AP PHOTO]

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W e’ve been told for years that a nutritious apple a day helps to keep the doctor away. But could

alcohol have the same result during this holiday season and the New Year? Or, is alcohol a wolf in sheep’s cloth-ing, detrimental to our well-being?

I recently mentioned during a talk that I believed that alcohol in mod-eration was the best medicine ever invented. The audience responded with a big applause. But was it justified?

Critics damn alcohol because some people abuse it. I agree when people are killed by drunken drivers. But no one bans cars because some idiots cause needless deaths.

My research on alcohol dates back many years. Why? Because I’ve always enjoyed a moderate drink and wanted to know if it was evil or medicinal. In 1981, Dr. Arthur Klasky, chief of cardiology at the Kaiser Permanente Center in California, said, “There is no evidence that one or two drinks a day is harmful. There is fairly strong evi-dence that alcohol may decrease the chance of heart attack.”

Dr. Charles Hennekens at The Harvard Medical School reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that patients who con-sumed either four ounces of liquor, 12 ounces of wine or 40 ounces of beer or less a day had fewer coronary deaths than non-drinkers.

Another researcher, Dr. Joseph Bar-boniak from the College of Medicine of Wisconsin, studied the coronary arteries of 2,000 patients. He conclud-ed alcohol helps to clear the rust out of the heart’s arteries.

I like to remember this study. Researchers collected 100 identical twins with only one major difference. One twin was a moderate drinker, the other a teetotaler and their health was followed for many years. Finally the project had to be discontinued. Why? Because all the non-drinkers had died!

But why is alcohol heart-heathy? Moderate amounts decrease the bad cholesterol and increase good chol-

esterol. Possibly more important, alcohol makes blood platelets, tiny particles that are part of the blood coagulation process, more slippery so they’re less likely to form a fatal blood clot.

There are also more than 20 world studies that show moderate drinkers live longer than teetotalers and those who abuse alcohol.

Other researchers disagree. They say the alcohol-coronary relationship is just another gimmick. In effect, it’s similar to theories suggesting that corn oil, brewer’s yeast and garlic are effective preventive measures.

Other critics contend that person-ality is more important than alcohol consumption.

For instance, relaxed people have fewer heart attacks and they’re also moderate drinkers. On the other hand, type A individuals, who want to conquer the world, are often heavy drinkers.

What about those who have survived a heart attack? If this event destroyed a significant amount of cardiac muscle, then the pumping action of the heart has lost some strength. The last thing needed is the loss of more strength resulting in congestive heart failure.

Studies show too that excessive drinking does damage cardiac muscle. This is why drinking days should cease. Others suggest that if there are no symptoms of failure, “moderate” drinking is a reasonable option.

Sir William Osler counselled, “Alcohol is for the elderly what milk is for the young.” I say amen to that. I believe that the “Happy Hour” for seniors would provide more medicinalbenefit than a cartload of pills.

So enjoy the holiday season. But never forget the tragedy of excessive indulgence.

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NUTRITION

Inuit food supply linked with identity and healthTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Inuit hunter John Goodwin for dec-ades has hunted oogruk, the bearded seal, a marine mammal prized for its meat, oil and hide.

The largest of Alaska’s ice seals uses sea ice to rest and birth pups, and after the long winter, when ice breaks into floes, there’s a window of opportunity for Goodwin to leave his home in Kotzebue and motor his boat between ice panels, shoot seals and butcher them before they migrate north through the Bering Strait.

A hunting season that used to last weeks, however, has shrunk. Ice that formerly froze 1.5-metres thick or more is a fraction of that. Ice dis-appears quickly, and so do the seals.

“As soon as the sun comes out, it starts melting, or we have a heavy rain,” Goodwin said. “Basically, it’s the rain that deteriorates the ice real quick. We don’t have enough time to hunt.”

The environment is changing and the Inuit, who consider themselves a part of it, want measures taken to protect their culture. A report issued this month by the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska, which advocates for Inuit coast villages from southwest to north Alaska, calls for policies that protect Inuit traditional food and the Arctic environment that produces it.

“When we say food security, it has to do with the health of all of it,” said Carolina Behe, the organization’s indigenous knowledge and science adviser.

More than 90 per cent of the food purchased with cash in Alaska comes in from elsewhere and a reliable food supply in more urban communities like Anchorage means affordable prices and uninterrupted service on groceries shipped north by barge or jet. For the Inuit, who have survived for thousands of years in one of the harshest climates on Earth, food is the connection between the past and today’s culture, according to the report.

Food is survival and identity. Over millennia, the capturing of caribou or seals, the gathering of salmonberries,

how they were processed, stored and shared was incorporated into art, storytelling, dance, drumming, educa-tion and language.

“Our traditional foods are much more than calories or nutrients; they are a lifeline throughout our culture and reflect the health of the entire Arctic ecosystem,” the report’s auth-ors said.

As changes arose, Inuit leaders began talking at public forums about food. Their concept of secure food differed from the concept held by people in academia and government, who spoke of nutritional value and purchasing power. At a meeting four years ago, Behe recalled, someone asked whether the Inuit were looking forward to increased shipping because it would create more opportunity to move in food.

“Our people were saying the exact opposite: We’re really concerned about these ships because they’re going to disrupt our hunting, the noise is disrupting the animals, the pollutants, and that’s a threat to food security,” Behe said.

The report, assembled through vis-its to 15 Inuit villages and with 146 listed authors, urges Arctic policy decisions through the lens of food. Inuit leaders want the baseline data collected on the Arctic ecosystem

using both science and indigenous knowledge, Behe said.

A scientist researching salmon might look first at population dynamics. An elder might taste the water, look at streamside vegetation, check fish scales and gauge the tex-ture of the meat, Behe said.

The report notes the fragmented nature of land, ocean and wildlife management. State officials set hunting seasons. Federal officials oversee harvesting of marine mam-mals and industrial ocean fisheries. International agreements are con-sidered in salmon and migratory bird decisions. Sources within the United States and internationally contribute to warming and pollutants affecting the Arctic.

Researchers want a better under-standing on how rapid change in the Arctic is affecting natural systems and people. That’s also increasingly important for the Arctic Council, the eight-country forum that promotes co-operation and interaction between Arctic countries, said Fran Ulmer, chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.

People who are causing change in the Arctic from greenhouse gases or pollution, Behe said, must take responsibility for actions affecting the Inuit.

Men haul sections of whale skin and blubber, known as muktuk, as a bowhead

whale is butchered in a field near Barrow, Alaska. [AP PHOTO]

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Expect veggies to be big in 2016Christine Couvelier says root-to-leaf movement will continue with more even creative preparationsLOIS ABRAHAM THE CANADIAN PRESS

Trend watchers, chefs and foodies alike stand united on vegetables — once lowly or overlooked as a side, they’re being elevat-

ed to a starring role.Christine Couvelier says 2015 has

been an amazing year for vegetables and the root-to-leaf movement will continue in 2016 with more creative preparations, from grilling and smoking to roasting and charring.

“We thought seeing whole roasted cauliflowers was a wow on some menus, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg,” says the Victoria-based Couvelier, whose Culinary Con-cierge company helps clients around North America keep ahead of market trends.

“I think it’s a continuation on understanding fresh and local and being very innovative and creative in the kitchen,” she says.

“I think a lot of it also is consum-ers’ understanding the health bene-fits around that style of eating too. We’re not saying not to have meat but all in proportion and looking to vegetables to fill a great deal of the plate.”

Couvelier recently noshed on “spectacular” grilled rainbow carrots with creme fraiche and pistachio carrot-top pesto at Vendemmia in Seattle, Wash.

Quebec celebrity chef Ricardo Lar-rivee has found brussels sprouts on many restaurant menus, including roasted and presented at the table on the stalk with vinegar syrup and grated cheese.

Donna Dooher, president and CEO of Restaurants Canada, says we’ve moved beyond the kale revolution.

“It was kale on everything, kale this and kale that, kale chips. I think squash is going to come back

with gangbusters. There’s so many varieties. It’s easy to grow here in Canada.”

Larrivee predicts the comeback of the Jerusalem artichoke, or

sunchoke. The gnarly tuber can be served as a puree and in soup, and its yellow flowers make a colourful addi-tion to the garden.

Couvelier also sees hummus emer-ging as the new salsa, juice bars as the new coffee shops, and fried chicken being the new pork belly. Fried chicken, often paired with waf-

fles, can feature different seasonings and be made spicy, sweet, brined or crusted.

High in protein and fibre and low in fat, hummus can be an appetizer, dip, spread or part of a main course.

“It’s recognizable in its original form and accepted, so now people are branching out and they’re eager to try something different,” says Couve-lier, who’s had black bean hummus, edamame hummus with roasted red peppers, spicy yellow lentil hummus and, her favourite, a zesty Sriracha carrot hummus.

Increasingly popping up on restau-rant menus is toast: “It is certainly a very innovative dish to develop recipes and thoughts around. I’m watching it as the ingredient of the year,” says Couvelier.

“A lot of restaurants I’ve been in in the last six or nine months, they have great toast offerings.”

She’s had pickled anchovies and tomato toast and smoked chicken

and walnut Waldorf toast at Steak Bird Provisions in San Francisco. Purple Pig in Chicago has a menu section called Smears, with toast and toppings including roasted bone marrow, liver pate, or pork neckbone gravy with ricotta.

“It can be any time of day — break-fast, lunch, snacking, appetizer, for dinner. You can share it,” she says of eating toast.

Restaurateurs are also embracing more customer choice.

“We now see the phenomenon of what we call the clockless menu, so ’I want to eat when I want, what I want, where I want 24-7.’ All-day breakfast is huge right now and we’re seeing that creep into the dinner ser-vice as well,” says Dooher.

Operators are also deconstructing the plate, then charging for each item separately.

“Everything is about construct your own: construct your own bur-ger, construct your own risotto, con-struct your own dinner.”

Other trends that Couvelier pre-dicts will grow next year:

— More of the complex flavour combination of sweet and heat. Consider chilies and honey, Srira-cha and maple syrup drizzled over roasted vegetables, honey and wasabi on chicken, jalapeno-infused honey and Sriracha peach jam, Couvelier suggests.

— Savoury yogurt could go mainstream. Unexpected flavours developed in the kitchens of Blue Hill and Blue Hill Stone Barns, two of New York’s top farm-to-table des-tinations, include butternut squash, beet, tomato, carrot, sweet potato and parsnip. “When you think of it as an ingredient application it’s bril-liant,” says Couvelier. You can make a lower-fat salad dressing, soup or sauce with a flavour boost from the vegetable yogurt.

— Bartenders and mixologists will experiment more with shrubs — and not the green bushes used in land-scaping. Shrubs are created when you preserve fruit with vinegar, sugar and water. They allow for new punch-es, cocktails and spritzes.

— Ice cubes that are carved into shapes or infused with flavoured smoke or alcohol. As the ice melts it doesn’t water down your drink. “But at the same time, it’s giving you a different flavour at different times when you sip the drink, because it would change as the ice melted a little bit. Say you had mint or citrus in the ice cube as well, that would infuse it differently as it started to melt,” says Couvelier.

— New Yorkers have been lining up to buy paper cups of flavourful bone broth from chef Marco Canora, who opened a takeout window at his restaurant Hearth. Because the bones are roasted and cooked longer than with stock, they release protein, minerals and nutrients. “You can put them in soups or stews. You can just drink them. Chefs are putting them on their menus and they can add things to them like coconut milk or beet juice or ginger juice. And just a couple of months ago, bone broth started showing up in the stock section of grocery stores,” Couvelier says.

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Arthritis is described as infl ammation of a joint, including swelling, stiff ness, and pain. Although there are many types, diet is an important aspect for all. Firstly, maintaining a healthy weight is correlated with less work for weight bearing joints. Secondly, animal products such as dairy and red meat can increase infl ammatory reaction. Some people may be only sensitive to specifi c types of animal products, so rotating these in your diet to test which eff ects you is recommended. Start by removing all animal products for two weeks to create a baseline. Every week aft er, add one food and eat it each day for that week to see if your symptoms increase. If no change is noticed, you can add another the following week. If a negative reaction is noticed, stop this food immediately and give yourself at least a few days to recover before attempting to add another back in. For some, it is more moderating animal products that keep symptoms at bay, perhaps only three days per week. Nightshades,such as potatoes and peppers, are another food to consider eliminating. In cases of rheumatoid arthritis, food allergies can also be a trigger. Many people suff er from this auto-immune based arthritis have compromised digestion and absorption. Specifi cally, wheat and dairy can be too allergens that have a large eff ect on arthritic symptoms.

Natural supplements can be very helpful in treating symptoms of arthritis. Not all of supplements work for everyone, as every case and individual are diff erent. When the right combination is found, however, your quality of life can be greatly increased. Glucosamine sulfate is the most widely researched and used supplement for arthritis. It is naturally produced in the body and the body uses it to make substances known as glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), the most important being hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid cushions the joints as it attracts water. It is a critical component of synovial fl uid and helps with fl uid motion. Curcumin is a powerful anti-infl ammatory throughout the body with outcomes similar to that with NSAIDs. It can help with swelling and stiff ness. Omega 3 essential fatty acids high in EPA are also helpful with arthritis. It should be noted that you need to give these supplements time to have their eff ect, they do not work as quickly as drugs but have a much safer outcome.

Yours in Good Health,Samaya HolmesRegistered Holistic Nutritionist

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Ask for explanation for sister’s bad behaviour

Dear Annie: I am one of five sisters. We are all adults with children of our own. One lives in New Jersey and the others live in Florida, three of us in the same city. My sister, “Claire,”

lives two hours away. Three years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. With good doctors and care, she has successfully come through five surgeries and battled the rounds of chemo. So far, she remains cancer-free.

Four of us did whatever we could to help Claire during this time. Two of my sisters worked remotely so they could help with her medical appointments. Even my sister in New Jersey offered to stay with Claire. Only one sister, “Pam,” never helped, and in fact, never even acknowledged the cancer or wished

Claire a speedy recovery.The problem now is that four of us

are empty nesters and we vacation together once or twice a year. We have been doing this for more than a decade. But family isn’t only for the good times. If a person cannot care about her sister when she is ill, then I don’t think she should be included when we go on vacations. We always stay in timeshares, which I own. I don’t invite Pam on these vacations, but another sister does. I can’t unin-vite her without creating a rift.

Annie, I don’t want to vacation with Pam, but feel the choice is out of my

control. I would appreciate advice from a disinterested party.

— Sibling Dilemma

Dear Sibling: Are you sure you want to do this? The consequences could turn out to be more distressing than worthwhile. An estrangement hurts you, too, and, as you said, will create a rift between all of the siblings. We know Pam deserves your condemnation for acting so uncaring toward her own sister, but have you asked her about it? Did you say, “Pam, I am so disappointed and angry that you cared so little about

Claire that you couldn’t even wish her well”? She needs to know how upset you are and why. She may have some explanation for her callous behaviour, and even though it will hardly be good enough, we hope you will hear her out and maybe even find it in your heart to forgive her. It’s so much better than holding onto your anger.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected].

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‘Clown prince’ of Harlem Globetrotters dies at 83

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Meadowlark Lemon, the “clown prince” of basket-ball’s barnstorming Harlem Globetrot-ters, whose blend of hook shots and humour brought joy to millions of fans around the world, has died. He was 83.

Lemon’s wife and daughter confirmed to the team that he died Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona, Globetrotters spokesman Brett Meister said Monday. Meister did not know the cause of death.

Though skilled enough to play pro-fessionally, Lemon instead wanted to

entertain, his dream of playing for the Globetrotters hatched after watching a newsreel of the all-black team at a cin-ema house when he was 11.

Lemon ended up becoming arguably the team’s most popular player, a show-man known as much for his confetti-in-the-water-bucket routine and slapstick comedy as his half-court hook shots and no-look, behind-the-back passes.

Lemon became an ordained min-ister in 1986 and was a motivational speaker, touring the country to meet with children at basketball camps and youth prisons with his Scottsdale-based Meadowlark Lemon Ministries.

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